A Study of Liquid Saturation Ahead of the Burning Front In Forward Combustion Oil Recovery
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- With discovery rates for new reserves dropping steadily, and demand for crude oil continuing to grow, it seems that the greatest need is for improved oil-recovery methods to produce the large reserves of so-called "unrecoverable" oil whose location is already known . There are some technical factors that control the rate and ultimate amount of oil recovery. The two primary ones are the permeability of the reservoir rock and the nature of the displacement mechanism. The operating examples relating to the former are fracturing and acidizing, while the latter category includes water flooding, gas repressuring, miscible flooding, and thermal recovery.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Date created | June 1972 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Arihara, Norio |
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| Primary advisor | Ramey, Jr., Henry J. |
| Degree granting institution | Stanford University, Department of Petroleum Engineering |
Subjects
| Subject | School of Earth Energy & Environmental Sciences |
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| Genre | Thesis |
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- Arihara, Norio. (1972). A Study of Liquid Saturation Ahead of the Burning Front In Forward Combustion Oil Recovery. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/zj224wd5218
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