DEEP STEAM Project. Quarterly report for April 1-June 30, 1979

Technical Report · Thu Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:5850342

Bader, B E; Fox, R L; Johnson, D R; Donaldson, A B

Objective of DEEP STEAM is to develop the technology required to economically produce heavy oil from reservoirs greater than 2500 feet in depth using steam injection. The technology includes: 1) methods of decreasing heat loss from injection strings and improving other well completion components and 2) development of downhole steam generation methods. Accomplishments during this reporting period were: evaluation of proposals for major research and development contract on thermal packers for DEEP STEAM operations; successful atmospheric testing of high pressure combustion chamber with indication of negligible soot production even under poor atomization conditions; site selection for the preliminary field test at Chevron Well 6 - 19 in Section 3 of Kern River Field, Bakersfield, CA; and low pressure reservoir simulation experiments using a freon gas as surrogate for high pressure carbon dioxide, which have produced recovery patterns similar to that predicted by computer simulation.

• Research Organization: Sandia Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-04-0789
• OSTI ID: 5850342
• Report Number(s): SAND-79-2091
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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