Marathon lab seeks non-EOR recovery improvement

Journal Article · Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1983 · Pet. Eng. Int.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5154667

In an exclusive interview, William P. McKinnell Jr. says that Marathon Oil Co. is redoing all of the geology of its highly productive reservoirs to learn more about those parts of the cross section that are nonproductive. Production improvement means more than enhanced oil recovery. There are many ways that more oil can be recovered from a given reservoir short of a fluid-injection project of one type or another. On the premise that most new technology comes from the research laboratories, Petroleum Engineer International Editor W.B. Bleakley visited with Dr. William P. McKinnell Jr., Research Director, Marathon Oil Co., Littleton, Colo., to learn what one aggressive company is doing to relieve some production problems, increase ultimate recovery, and cut production costs.

• OSTI ID: 5154667
• Journal Information: Pet. Eng. Int.; (United States), Vol. 55:13
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
ENHANCED RECOVERY
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CONTROL
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NORTH AMERICA
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