Wells – Processes – Chemical inter-reaction of two or more introduced materials
Patent
1975-08-07
1977-02-15
Novosad, Stephen J.
Wells
Processes
Chemical inter-reaction of two or more introduced materials
166272, 166303, F21B 4322, E21B 4324
Patent
active
040077918
ABSTRACT:
Method of recovery of crude oil from oil bearing formations and/or sands especially where the oil in such formations have been partly exhausted or depleted and will flow into the wells drilled into such formations at a very slow rate or not at all due to the high degree of viscosity of the oil. The method comprises thinning the crude oil in the formation by introducing into the oil well a thinning fluid, such as a solvent or mixture of solvents that will flow into the formation and thin the oil in the formation sufficiently so that it will flow into the well. A further step is heating the solvent either before the solvent is introduced into the well or after it is in the well and pressurizing the well to increase the penetration of the solvent into the formation. One method of heating the solvent in the well is to introduce water into the well, allow the solvent to rise to the surface of the water and introduce sodium into the well to cause a reaction with the water for producing heat and pressure. Heating the solvent increases its thinning action on the crude oil.
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Baisch J. Carroll
Baisch J. Carroll
Novosad Stephen J.
Suchfield George A.
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