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In-situ combustion method for recovery of heavy oil utilizing oxygen and carbon dioxide as initial oxidant

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5382689
An in-situ combustion method for recovering viscous oil from a subterranean, viscous oil-containing formation is disclosed comprising injecting a mixture of essentially pure oxygen and carbon dioxide into the formation to initiate an in-situ combustion operation followed by injecting essentially pure oxygen.
Assignee:
Mobil Oil Corp.
Patent Number(s):
US 4410042
OSTI ID:
5382689
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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02 PETROLEUM
020300* -- Petroleum-- Drilling & Production
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENHANCED RECOVERY
FLUID INJECTION
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GAS INJECTION
IN-SITU COMBUSTION
IN-SITU PROCESSING
NONMETALS
OIL WELLS
OXIDATION
OXIDES
OXIDIZERS
OXYGEN
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM
PROCESSING
RECOVERY
THERMAL RECOVERY
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
VISCOSITY
WELLS