Engineering new oil recovery methods

Journal Article · Tue Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1969 · Pet. Eng.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5693042

Crawford, P B

New oil recovery methods can be divided into 2 types: immiscible and miscible. Immiscible methods were initiated with low-pressure gas injection that could recover 25 to 35% of the oil-in-place. An immiscible oil recovery process might be a successful waterflood that would recover 50% of the in place oil. Additional immiscible methods include carbonated water, thickened or viscous water, steam flooding, foam flooding, surfactant and bacteriological flooding, and others. An immiscible process may be expected to recover from 35 to 80% of the oil-in-place. Miscible processes normally displace from 90 to 100% oil from the contacted area. Miscible oil recovery includes a wide variety of processes, including fire-floods, high-pressure gas injection, LPG slugs, enriched gas drives, alcohol floods, carbon-dioxide floods, and micellar solutions. The recovery may be as much as 90 to 100% oil. The oil recovery methods discussed are displacement processes. About half of the new methods now proposed involve use of water as a driving medium. These new displacement processes require additional engineering, some aspects of which are noted.

• Research Organization: Texas Petroleum Res Comm
• OSTI ID: 5693042
• Journal Information: Pet. Eng.; (United States), Journal Name: Pet. Eng.; (United States) Vol. 41:4; ISSN PENGA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
020300* -- Petroleum-- Drilling & Production
ADDITIVES
ALCOHOLS
CARBON DIOXIDE INJECTION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COLLOIDS
COMBUSTION
DISPERSIONS
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY SOURCES
ENGINEERING
ENHANCED RECOVERY
FLUID INJECTION
FLUID INJECTION PROCESSES
FLUIDS
FOAMS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GAS INJECTION
GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
IN-SITU COMBUSTION
IN-SITU PROCESSING
LIQUEFIED GASES
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASES
LIQUIDS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MATHEMATICS
MICROEMULSION FLOODING
MISCIBLE-PHASE DISPLACEMENT
NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PRESSURE DEPENDENCE
PROCESSING
RECOVERY
RESERVOIR ENGINEERING
STEAM INJECTION
SURFACE PROPERTIES
SURFACE TENSION
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
THERMAL RECOVERY
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WATERFLOODING