Assisted recovery: acceleration in California

Journal Article · Mon May 31 04:00:00 EDT 1965 · Calif. Oil World Pet. Ind.; (United States)

OSTI ID:7057509

Rintoul, B

The combination of 2 secondary recovery techniques-- fire flooding and steam soaking--is getting considerable attention from oil company engineers, who think the 1-2 treatment might be what is needed for oil recovery. For example, steam soaks and waterfloods have made a striking impact on Union Oil Co. of California's crude oil production. Today 17 out of every 100 bbl of the company's net production comes from secondary recovery, and the amount grows each year. It is anticipated the company will soon be producing 20,000 bpd from secondary recovery. A detailed report is given of the various thermal recovery projects in California.

• OSTI ID: 7057509
• Journal Information: Calif. Oil World Pet. Ind.; (United States), Journal Name: Calif. Oil World Pet. Ind.; (United States) Vol. 58:6; ISSN COWPA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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