Unconventional pilot steam drive, tar V sand, Long Beach unit, Wilmington Field, CA
This paper reviews the design, implementation and history of the unconventional pilot steam drive (greater than 2,500 ft measured depth) that has been underway since December 24, 1980 in the Tar reservoir in the Long Beach Unit, Wilmington Field, Los Angeles County, California. This paper describes the project through November 30, 1983. The Tar V reservoir is a series of interbedded sands, siltstones and shales in the Middle Repetto formation of lower Pliocene age. The Tar V reservoir in the Long Beach Unit is approximately 200 acres in areal extent, has a vertical gross thickness of 185 ft and a maximum vertical net oil sand thickness of 90 ft comprised of 8 to 10 separate sand units. Oil in place is estimated at 27 MMbbl of stock tank oil. The study area is 9.2 acres in areal extent with an average net oil sand thickness of 81.7 ft. The pilot steam drive was originally installed as an isolated 5.6 acre inverted 5-spot pattern.
- Research Organization:
- THUMS Long Beach Co.
- OSTI ID:
- 6900999
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-840495-
- Journal Information:
- Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States), Vol. SPE 12775; Conference: Society of Petroleum Engineers California regional meeting, Long Beach, CA, USA, 11 Apr 1984
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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