Profile of a giant: rising again
Truly a giant among oil fields of the Midcontinent, Oklahoma's Sho-Vel-Tum field has produced nearly 1.24 billion bbl of oil, and advancing enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technology along with improved economics most certainly will assure the field's prominence as a source of domestic production well into the twenty-first century. Due to its physical size and importance as an oil producer, the Sho-Vel-Tum field ws studied as part of a comprehensive evaluation of the potential for enhanced oil recovery in Oklahoma. This study was sponsored by the Interstate Oil Compact Commission with the assistance of the U.S. Department of Energy (Bartlesville Project Office). An abridged version of the study is presented here as a two-part series. Over 99% of the oil produced from Sho-Vel-Tum thus far has come from five formation groups: The Permian Pontotoc group, the Pennsylvanian Hoxbar, Deese, and Dornick Hills-Springer groups, and the Mississippian Sycamore limestone. Data from numerous individual wells, along with information from waterflood units and EOR operations, were analyzed to determine the general reservoir characteristics and fluid properties of each group.
- Research Organization:
- HJ Energy Co., Bartlesville, OK
- OSTI ID:
- 7001371
- Journal Information:
- Oil Gas J.; (United States), Journal Name: Oil Gas J.; (United States) Vol. 84:50; ISSN OIGJA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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