Metson attic steam drive

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1976 · Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6750764

Rehkopf, B L

The Metson Pool of the Midway-Sunset field in California is a steeply dipping viscous oil reservoir. Steam type thermal recovery operations have been in progress in the pool for 10 yr. Cyclic steam stimulation techniques have been utilized to take advantage of both natural and induced productive mechanisms. These cyclic operations have proven effective in all but the updip sections of the formation. An attic steam injection program was initiated as a pilot project in Oct. 1970, and has since been expanded to include 18 steam-injection patterns across the updip edge of the formation. The short-term objective of this program is to economically displace and recover oil at the top of the structure by conventional steam-flood mechanisms. The long-term objective is to accelerate recoveries from downdip cyclic operations. The excellent results of this project indicate that the attic steam drive process should be applicable to any massive, steeply dipping, heavy oil reservoir. The process will be of particular value along updip reservoir edges where cyclic steam injection has become uneconomic.

• Research Organization: Tenneco Oil Co
• OSTI ID: 6750764
• Report Number(s): CONF-7604171-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States) Journal Volume: SPE-5855
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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