750 million barrels await thermal recovery

Journal Article · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1965 · World Oil; (United States)

OSTI ID:6352807

Heise, H

An estimated 750 billion bbl of heavy crude are locked in shallow Cretaceous sands along a 500-mile crescent stretching from the Peace River country in northwestern Alberta to the Lloydminster district straddling the Alberta-Saskatchewan border. Most of the oil is so viscous that it can be produced only by thermal methods. Bulk of current heavy crude production is in the Lloydminster area, which fills less than half the Ontario demand and supplies a few midwestern U.S. refineries. Another 10,000 bpd could be sold via Interprovincial pipeline. No commercial thermal recovery project is in operation in Canada, but the biggest thermal projects ever have been proposed, and more will no doubt be proposed. Presently the only areas where commerical production can reasonably be expected once the pilot projects have been completed are ironically the newest tests of all: one, a steam stimulation scheme by Husky Oil in Llodyminster and the other in-situ combustion pilot-flood by Socony Mobil Oil Co. in the Battrum Field which produces 17.5$ oil from Jurassic sands. Both tests are in Saskatchewan. (129 refs.)

• OSTI ID: 6352807
• Journal Information: World Oil; (United States), Journal Name: World Oil; (United States) Vol. 16:11; ISSN WOOIA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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