Ten pattern steam flood
Conference
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· Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6637096
This paper presents the results of 5 yr operation of the Ten Pattern Steam Flood in the Kern River field, California. The project consists of 10 inverted 7-spot injection patterns with 32 producing wells covering 61 acres. Steam injection is confined to a 70-ft sand. Extensive data have been taken, including several hundred temperature profiles from 14 observation wells, several pre-and post-steam cores, and pre-and post-steam logs, steam tracers, and fluid samples. These data and production analyses confirm that steam flooding is one of the most efficient displacement mechanisms known with a volumetric sweep of 60%. Vertical coverage of the steam and hot water zones is now 88% and areal coverage is 68%. Oil saturations have been reduced from an average of 50% at the start of the project to 6% in the steam zone and 23% in the underlying hot water zone.
- Research Organization:
- Chevron Research Co.
- OSTI ID:
- 6637096
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-7504112-
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States) Journal Volume: SPE-4756
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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