Evaluation of the Bodcau (Bellevue) in-situ combustion project

Technical Report · Fri Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6681788

Trantham, J C

A cost-shared commercial scale demonstration in situ combustion project was conducted in the Bodcau Fee lease of the Bellevue Nacatoch Reservoir near Shreveport, Louisiana. The 19-acre, five-pattern project was started in July, 1976. The five injection wells were ignited in August and September, 1976, with an electrical heater. Six months of dry burning was followed by simultaneous air and water injection and finally, late in the project, heat scavenging water injection was carried out. As of February 28, 1982, 667,609 barrels of tertiary oil had been produced, compared with 700,00 barrels predicted. The operation has yielded attractive economics under the prevailing economic climate. An explosion occurred in the air compression/injection system.

• Research Organization: Keplinger and Associates, Inc., Tulsa, OK (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC19-80BC10033
• OSTI ID: 6681788
• Report Number(s): DOE/BC/10033-4; ON: DE83001335
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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