Waterflooding will make Barrow Australia's biggest oil producer

Journal Article · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1969 · World Oil; (United States)

OSTI ID:5517727

Scholes, W A

The partners in West Australian Petroleum Pty., Ltd. (Wapet) expect the use of waterflooding techniques on Barrow Island will lift recoverable oil reserves there to more than 200 million bbl. Originally, Wapet estimated that primary recovery methods might uncover 86 million bbl. The company, after experimenting with waterflooding techniques for some time, later upped this estimate to 114 million bbl. Because of the low permeability, it was estimated that about 240 wells, or one well per 80 acres, would be needed to produce an estimated flow of 22,000 bbl daily within 2 yr. The area of the field was computed at 24,700 acres, with an average depth of 44 ft of pay sand. The project will ultimately involve about 208 water injection wells in selected areas. Wapet is currently producing at peak rates of between 30,000 and 35,000 bpd on Barrow Island.

• OSTI ID: 5517727
• Journal Information: World Oil; (United States), Journal Name: World Oil; (United States) Vol. 168:1; ISSN WOOIA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
020300* -- Petroleum-- Drilling & Production
AUSTRALASIA
AUSTRALIA
ENERGY SOURCES
ENHANCED RECOVERY
FLUID FLOW
FLUID INJECTION
FORECASTING
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
INJECTION WELLS
MINERAL RESOURCES
OIL FIELDS
OIL WELLS
PERMEABILITY
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM DEPOSITS
PRODUCTION
RECOVERY
RESERVES
RESOURCES
WATERFLOODING
WELL SPACING
WELLS