Field demonstration of the conventional steam-drive process with ancillary materials. Quarterly report, January-March, 1980

Technical Report · Tue Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5996687

The objective of this contract is to increase the efficiency of steam drive operations, particularly in shallow, heavy oil reservoirs. Progress is reported in the areas of reservoir selection and laboratory tests. Two important criteria for evaluating the performance of surfactants as foam-blocking agents at room temperature are the level of permeability reduction and the duration of effective permeability reduction. Using these criteria, the surfactants tested were ranked. Hot gas sand pack tests are being planned. The construction and installation of a 16 foot sand pack has been computed. Testing will begin in April. (DMC)

• Research Organization: CLD Group, Inc., Ventura, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FC03-79SF10761
• OSTI ID: 5996687
• Report Number(s): DOE/SF/10761-T6; ON: DE81027440
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
020300* -- Petroleum-- Drilling & Production
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
COLLOIDS
DISPERSIONS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENHANCED RECOVERY
FIELD TESTS
FLUID INJECTION
FOAMS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
MATERIALS TESTING
OIL WELLS
PERFORMANCE
PERMEABILITY
PETROLEUM
RECOVERY
RESERVOIR ROCK
SAND
SITE SELECTION
STEAM INJECTION
SURFACTANTS
TESTING
THERMAL RECOVERY
VISCOSITY
WELLS