Graphical determination of oil recovery in a five-spot steamflood

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1970 · Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5377296

Farouq Ali, S M

Calculation of oil recovery by continuous steam injection is generally tedious, even if a computer program is used for this purpose. The present study is directed toward developing a graphical method computation of oil recovery by continuous steam injection in a 5-spot pattern. Oil recovery from the steam-invaded zone as well as from the condensate zone ahead of the steam zone is considered in this treatment. Expansion of the steam zone and the temperature variation of density are employed to compute the effective flood advance rate for the hot and cold waterflood zones ahead of the steam zone, in which Buckley-Leverett type displacement is assumed to occur. One of the basic parameters involved in the method is the steamflood sweep efficiency, which is based upon detailed theoretical and experimental investigations. Along with the detailed graphs, the basic equations used are also present, in case it is desired to use the present method on a digital computer. (17 refs.)

• Research Organization: Pennsylvania State Univ.
• OSTI ID: 5377296
• Report Number(s): CONF-700688-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States) Journal Volume: SPE-2900
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
020300* -- Petroleum-- Drilling & Production
ENERGY SOURCES
ENERGY TRANSFER
ENGINEERING
ENHANCED RECOVERY
FLUID INJECTION
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GRAPHS
HEAT TRANSFER
MATHEMATICS
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
OIL WELLS
PETROLEUM
RECOVERY
RESERVOIR ENGINEERING
STEAM INJECTION
STIMULATION
THERMAL RECOVERY
WELL STIMULATION
WELLS