Wells – Processes – Distinct – separate injection and producing wells
Patent
1997-07-24
1999-09-14
Tsay, Frank S.
Wells
Processes
Distinct, separate injection and producing wells
166303, 166 901, 166 59, E21B 4324
Patent
active
059507284
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for enhancing recovery of oil from producing and dormant wells. The invention is embodied in an apparatus in which brine is mixed with a small amount of oil, and then passed through an alternating current flowing between a pair of spaced apart electrodes. The invention is also embodied in a method which shutting in the second well, injecting hydrogen and hot water into the formation via the first well, monitoring formation pressure at the second well until a pressure increase is detected, and recovering fluids including petroleum from said formation via the second well.
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