Hydrothermally forming a flow barrier in a leached subterranean

Wells – Processes – Distinct – separate injection and producing wells

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ABSTRACT:
Shale oil can be produced from a naturally fractured and leached subterranean oil shale formation by reacting the formation components with a hot aqueous alkaline liquid to form and distribute clay-like materials which can be water-swollen to form a flow barrier along or around a selected portion of the oil shale formation. Such flow barriers can guide or confine fluids that are injected and produced to recover shale oil.

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