Getty expands Bellevue fire flood
In Sept. 1963, after injectivity tests to determine well-to-well communication, Getty Oil Co. ignited a single injection well on the J.W. Elston lease, Bellevue field, Bossier Parish, La. Combustion gases showed up in pattern wells 2 days after the igniter was energized. In late 1966, Getty Oil started water injection into the burned-out portion of the reservoir to salvage heat and to provide a driving fluid for the heated oil remaining in the reservoir. As of Nov. 1974, Getty Oil's in situ combustion project was producing 2,250 bpd of 19.5/sup 0/API gravity crude from a total of 136 wells on 70 acres. During the third quarter of 1974, an additional 57 producing wells and 25 injection wells were drilled which will allow an additional 106.5 acres to be processed by the in situ combustion method. The Nacatoch Sand in Bellevue field lies at about 400 ft, has a gross thickness of near 96 ft, a permeability of 500 md, and a porosity of 38%.
- OSTI ID:
- 6679424
- Journal Information:
- Oil Gas J.; (United States), Journal Name: Oil Gas J.; (United States) Vol. 73:2; ISSN OIGJA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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