摘要:
The invention is a method of producing hydrocarbons from a region bounded by two vertical wells and a horizontal well, which comprises injecting a gas through a first vertical well, concurrently performing a cyclic injection, soak and production of gas through a horizontal well, converting the first well to production after the gas injected from the first well reaches the area affected by gas from the horizontal well, and injecting gas through a second vertical well.
摘要:
A method of recovering hydrocarbons from underground formations by employing a modified inverted 5-spot well pattern, which comprises drilling four substantially horizontal wells located along each of the four sides of an inverted 5-spot vertical well pattern, injecting an oil recovery fluid through the central injection well, producing hydrocarbons and other fluids through the vertical corner production wells, ceasing production through the vertical corner wells, and producing hydrocarbons and other fluids through the horizontal wells.
摘要:
A high temperature reservoir is preconditioned by injection of cold water until a zone around the injection well reaches a temperature suitable for multiphase generation conditions. A subsequent carbon dioxide injection creates a multiphase slug near the wellbore region. The multiphase slug is propagated through the reservoir by continued injection of CO.sub.2 or water alternating with gaseous CO.sub.2.
摘要:
The disclosed invention is a group of steam foaming agents for injection with steam and a non-condensable gas to decrease permeability in steam swept zones and increase oil recovery. The foaming agents have the general formula:RO(R'O).sub.n R"SO.sub.3 Mwhere R is an alkyl radical, branched or linear, or an alkylbenzene, alkyltoluene or alkylxylene group, having from about 8 to about 24 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain, R' is ethyl, propyl or a mixture of ethyl and propyl, n has an average value of about 1 to about 20, R" is ethyl, propyl, hydroxypropyl or butyl and M is an alkali metal or ammonium ion.
摘要:
The vertical conformance of a steam drive process is improved and steam override reduced by penetrating the zone between one injection well and one producing well, with an infill well which is in fluid communication with the bottom half or less of the formation, and producing petroleum from the infill well after steam channeling has occurred at the production well; then converting the infill well from a producer to an injector and injecting steam into the lower portion of the formation via the infill well and recovering fluids from the production well. Two separate communication paths are established, one between the surface and the upper half or less of the formation, and one between the bottom half or less of the formation in the producing well, or in the infill well, or injection well, or combination of two or more thereof. A fluid having lower mobility than steam is injected into the upper part of the formation via one or more of the communication means after steam override has begun, to resaturate the steam swept zone with the low mobility fluid to prevent further steam flow therethrough and force steam to flow into unswept portions of the formation.
摘要:
Polymer flooding is an effective means of increasing the sweep efficiency of a displacement process for recovering petroleum from a subterranean, petroleum containing formation; however, most polymers suitable for use in flooding operations hydrolyze or otherwise decompose at temperatures above about 150.degree. F to 200.degree. F, and the temperature of many subterranean petroleum-containing formations is in excess of 150.degree. F-200.degree. F. Polymers may be employed in tertiary recovery in formations whose temperatures are greater than the temperature stability limit of the polymer if the formation temperature is first reduced by introducing an aqueous fluid such as water at a temperature substantially below the temperature limit of the polymer into the formation for a period of time sufficient to reduce the formation temperature to a value at or below the temperature tolerance level of the polymer.
摘要:
The invention is a method of recovering hydrocarbons from an underground hydrocarbon formation which comprises drilling and completing at least three substantially parallel horizontal wells to form a substantially triangular well pattern within a hydrocarbon formation. The first well is placed relatively near the top of a hydrocarbon interval and the second and third wells are placed near the bottom of the interval on each side of the first well. A recovery fluid is injected into the formation through the second and third wells and hydrocarbons and other fluids are recovered through the first well.
摘要:
The disclosed invention is a method of producing horizontal wells in the most efficient manner at an optimum fluid production rate, which is the maximum rate at which fluids may be produced from a horizontal well while maintaining the downward velocity of formation fluids towards the horizontal well at a velocity which will avoid fingering of the fluids through the formation.
摘要:
A method is disclosed for recovering hydrocarbons from underground formations by a series of sequenced steps, involving (1) injecting steam of a relatively high quality into the formation and (2) about the time of steam breakthrough, reducing the quality of the steam being injected to a quality between about 25% and about 50% while simultaneously increasing the rate of steam injection so as to maintain a constant rate of heat injection into the formation. Optionally, hot water having a temperature between about 120.degree. and 180.degree. F. may be injected following the injection of about 0.5 pore volumes to about 2.5 pore volumes of reduced quality steam.
摘要:
Steam breakthrough at the updip outcrop of a steeply dipping heavy oil reservoir is prevented by the injection of a hot water bank above the point at which the steam is injected into the heavy oil reservoir.