Wells – Processes – Cyclic injection then production of a single well
Patent
1982-07-20
1984-05-29
Suchfield, George A.
Wells
Processes
Cyclic injection then production of a single well
166272, E21B 4324
Patent
active
044509111
ABSTRACT:
In a thermal method for the recovery of oil from a subterranean, viscous oil-containing formation, steam in an amount ranging from 0.3 to 0.5 pore volume and an injection rate within the range of 4.0 to 7.0 bbl/day/ac.-ft. is injected into the formation via an injection well completed in the lower 50% or less of the formation and fluids including oil are recovered via a spaced-apart production well completed in the upper 50% or less of the formation. The injection well is then shut-in for a variable time and thereafter a predetermined amount of hot water or low quality steam is injected into the formation via the injection well in an amount ranging from 0.03 to 0.10 pore volume and at an injection rate of 1 to 2.0 bbl/day/ac.-ft. The method is applied to viscous oil-containing formation in which either naturally occurring or induced communication exists between the injection well and the production well in the bottom zone of the formation. The injection well and production well are spaced apart 400 to 750 feet.
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Hartman Kathy J.
Shu Winston R.
Gilman Michael G.
McKillop Alexander J.
Miller Lawrence O.
Mobil Oil Corporation
Suchfield George A.
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