CA976084A - Down-dip steam injection for oil recovery - Google Patents

Down-dip steam injection for oil recovery

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CA976084A
CA976084A CA184,857A CA184857A CA976084A CA 976084 A CA976084 A CA 976084A CA 184857 A CA184857 A CA 184857A CA 976084 A CA976084 A CA 976084A
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dip
oil recovery
steam injection
steam
injection
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Derrill G. Whitten
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Shell Canada Ltd
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Shell Canada Ltd
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/16—Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons
    • E21B43/24—Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons using heat, e.g. steam injection

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  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Geology (AREA)
  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Production Of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixture For Refining Petroleum (AREA)
  • Physical Or Chemical Processes And Apparatus (AREA)
CA184,857A 1972-11-10 1973-11-02 Down-dip steam injection for oil recovery Expired CA976084A (en)

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US30563772A 1972-11-10 1972-11-10

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Families Citing this family (3)

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US4434851A (en) 1980-07-07 1984-03-06 Texaco Inc. Method for steam injection in steeply dipping formations
US5101898A (en) * 1991-03-20 1992-04-07 Chevron Research & Technology Company Well placement for steamflooding steeply dipping reservoirs
US7059180B2 (en) * 2002-06-10 2006-06-13 Saudi Arabian Oil Company Water cut rate of change analytic method

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US3353598A (en) * 1964-09-11 1967-11-21 Phillips Petroleum Co High-pressure steam drive oil production process
US3332485A (en) * 1964-11-13 1967-07-25 William A Colburn Method for producing petroleum
US3319712A (en) * 1965-04-06 1967-05-16 Union Oil Co Secondary oil recovery method
US3360045A (en) * 1965-12-15 1967-12-26 Phillips Petroleum Co Recovery of heavy crude oil by steam drive
GB1112956A (en) * 1966-04-07 1968-05-08 Shell Int Research Method of producing liquid hydrocarbons from a subsurface formation
US3477510A (en) * 1968-02-01 1969-11-11 Exxon Production Research Co Alternate steam-cold water injection for the recovery of viscous crude
US3474862A (en) * 1968-07-23 1969-10-28 Shell Oil Co Reverse combustion method of recovering oil from steeply dipping reservoir interval
US3500915A (en) * 1968-09-13 1970-03-17 Tenneco Oil Co Method of producing an oil bearing stratum of a subterranean formation in a steeply dipping reservoir
US3572437A (en) * 1969-02-14 1971-03-30 Mobil Oil Corp Oil recovery by steam injection followed by hot water

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DE2355870C2 (en) 1983-06-01
DE2355870A1 (en) 1974-05-16
US3795278A (en) 1974-03-05

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