West Hackberry tertiary project. Quarterly technical progress report, September 3, 1994--December 2, 1994

Technical Report · Wed Nov 30 04:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:10109460

Gillham, T; Cerveny, B; Turek, E

The goal of the West Hackberry Tertiary Project is to demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of combining air injection with the Double Displacement Process for tertiary oil recovery. The Double Displacement Process is the gas displacement of a water invaded oil column for the purpose of recovering oil through gravity drainage. The novel aspect of this project is the use of air as the injection fluid. The target reservoir for the project is the Camerina C-1,2,3 Sand located on the West Flank of West Hackberry Field in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. If successful, this project will demonstrate that the use of air injection in the Double Displacement Process can economically recover oil in reservoirs where tertiary oil recovery is presently uneconomic. The target reservoir has not produced since January of 1993 when the last of the reservoir`s producing wells watered out.

• Research Organization: Amoco Production Co., Houston, TX (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FC22-93BC14963
• OSTI ID: 10109460
• Report Number(s): DOE/BC/14963--6; ON: DE95005369
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
020300
DRILLING AND PRODUCTION
ENHANCED RECOVERY
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
GAS INJECTION
OIL SANDS
OIL WELLS
PROGRESS REPORT