Micellar--Polymer Joint Demonstration Project, Wilmington Field, California. Second annual report, July 1977--May 1978

Technical Report · Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1977

OSTI ID:6408963

Staub, H L; Johansen, R T

A contract was signed on July 7, 1976, by the City of Long Beach and the U.S. Department of Energy to conduct jointly a Micellar-Polymer Project which would establish a tertiary oil recovery technique applicable to unconsolidated oil sands in Wilmington Field typical of the California Coastal Province. This project is an application of the Maraflood (TM) Process with technical assistance being provided by Marathon Oil Company. Laboratory studies by Marathon Research Center show the most efficient micellar slug for oil displacement and the best polymer concentration and type for mobility control. From this data base the total systems design for optimum injection volumes will be established. For a mini-injectivity test in well FT-1, an 850-barrel sulfonate slug was injected followed by several types of mobility buffer polymers at varying concentrations and volumes. This demonstrated that a sulfonate system and various concentrations of mobility buffer polymers could be injected at acceptable rates and pressures. Surface facilities for the project have been installed, portions of which were utilized for the mini-test, and only minor improvement alterations are required. The drilling program is completed. Four injection wells and six producing wells were drilled and three of these wells were cored.

• Research Organization: Long Beach City Dept. of Oil Properties, CA (USA); Department of Energy, Bartlesville, OK (USA). Bartlesville Energy Technology Center
• DOE Contract Number: EF-77-C-03-1395
• OSTI ID: 6408963
• Report Number(s): SAN-1395-2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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