Potential oil recovery by waterflooding reservoirs being produced by primary methods

Journal Article · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1970 · Inf. Circ. - U.S., Bur. Mines; (United States)

OSTI ID:5000525

As part of a continuing program of evaluating the Nation's crude-oil resource, this report presents information pertaining to resource, primary reserve, and potential waterflood reserve for 3,209 selected reservoirs contained in 24 oil-producing states, as of Jan. 1, 1968. To that date, the selected reservoirs had not been subjected to pressure-maintenance or secondary-recovery operations. These reservoirs also met the following parameters: (1) a minimum of 5 oil-producing wells on Jan. 1, 1968; (2) a minimum of 50 acres areal extent; (3) a minimum of 50,000 bbl of oil ultimate primary recovery; and (4) the principal reservoir energy was other than active water encroachment. The selected reservoirs produced 527 million bbl of oil in 1967, about 17% of the U.S. total production. Primary oil reserve was 4,983 million stb; in addition, there was 6,043 million stb of potential waterflood oil reserve. Oil resource in the selected reservoirs was 59,547 million stb. A brief history and outlook of waterflooding are presented for each state. Depth and producing rate statistics and geologic distributions of production, resource, reserve, and potential waterflood reserve for the selected reservoirs are presented by states in the appendix.

• OSTI ID: 5000525
• Journal Information: Inf. Circ. - U.S., Bur. Mines; (United States), Journal Name: Inf. Circ. - U.S., Bur. Mines; (United States) Vol. 8455; ISSN XIMIA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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