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Well placement for steamflooding steeply dipping reservoirs

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OSTI ID:5153091
This patent describes a method of steamflooding in a multi-spot pattern in a dipping reservoir. It comprises injecting steam at a steam injection point downdip from the pattern center and offset from the pattern center by at least one-fifth the distance from the pattern center to the downdip producer row of that pattern. This paper also describes a method of reducing steam channeling after steam breakthrough occurs at a producer during steamflooding in a multispot pattern in a dipping reservoir. It comprises injecting heat by steam injection at a point downdip from the pattern center and offset from the pattern center by at least one-fifth distance from the pattern center to the downdip producer row of that pattern; and reducing the rate of heat injection after the steam breakthrough.
Assignee:
Chevron Research and Technology Co., San Francisco, CA (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5101898; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-672256
OSTI ID:
5153091
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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