Bitumen production and substrate stimulation

Patent · Tue Apr 16 00:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5289480

Mims, D S

A well completion, having an injection end and a recovery end, and method for recovering heavy hydrocarbons or bitumen from a subterranean formation. The completion includes a well liner which lies in a generally horizontal disposition within a hydrocarbon holding substrate. Means for carrying a stream of a hot stimulating fluid from the well's injection end such that said fluid will migrate into the substrate surrounding the liner. A fluid impervious barrier is movably positioned within the well liner between the injection end and the production end thereof, and prompts establishment of a pressure differential across the said barrier. The barrier urges pressurized stimulating agent outwardly into the substrate, thereby creating a heated path along which the bitumen emulsion flows toward the well's lower pressure production end. The barrier is adapted to be repositioned within the liner to adjust the bitumen flow path through the substrate.

• Assignee: Texaco Inc.
• Patent Number(s): US 4511000
• OSTI ID: 5289480
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 25 Feb 1983; Other Information: PAT-APPL-469678
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
BITUMENS
THERMAL RECOVERY
OIL WELLS
STEAM INJECTION
PETROLEUM
COMPRESSIBLE FLOW
DISPLACEMENT FLUIDS
HEAT TRANSFER
LINERS
OIL SANDS
SUBSTRATES
VISCOSITY
WELL COMPLETION
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENERGY TRANSFER
ENHANCED RECOVERY
FLUID FLOW
FLUID INJECTION
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
MATERIALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
RECOVERY
TAR
WELLS
020300* - Petroleum- Drilling & Production
040401 - Oil Shales & Tar Sands- In Situ Methods
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