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West Hackberry Tertiary Project. Quarterly technical progress report, April 1, 1996--June 30, 1996

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/459920· OSTI ID:459920
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 reservoirs for the project are the Camerina sands located on the west and north flanks 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.
Research Organization:
Amoco Production Co., Houston, TX (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FC22-93BC14963
OSTI ID:
459920
Report Number(s):
DOE/BC/14963--15; ON: DE97003922
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English