CA1080614A - Methode d'extraction du petrole lourd par injection de vapeur par le fond de la nappe - Google Patents

Methode d'extraction du petrole lourd par injection de vapeur par le fond de la nappe

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Publication number: CA1080614A
Authority: CA; Canada
Prior art keywords: steam; formation; petroleum; well; injection
Prior art date: 1975-12-24
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired

Application number

CA334,314A

Other languages

English (en)

Inventor

Richard H. Widmyer

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Texaco Development Corp

Original Assignee

Texaco Development Corp

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1975-12-24

Filing date

1979-08-23

Publication date

1980-07-01

1975-12-24 Priority claimed from US05/644,365 external-priority patent/US4088188A/en

1979-08-23 Application filed by Texaco Development Corp filed Critical Texaco Development Corp

1979-08-23 Priority to CA334,314A priority Critical patent/CA1080614A/fr

1980-07-01 Application granted granted Critical

1980-07-01 Publication of CA1080614A publication Critical patent/CA1080614A/fr

Status Expired legal-status Critical Current

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CA334,314A 1975-12-24 1979-08-23 Methode d'extraction du petrole lourd par injection de vapeur par le fond de la nappe Expired CA1080614A (fr)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
CA334,314A CA1080614A (fr)	1975-12-24	1979-08-23	Methode d'extraction du petrole lourd par injection de vapeur par le fond de la nappe

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US05/644,365 US4088188A (en)	1975-12-24	1975-12-24	High vertical conformance steam injection petroleum recovery method
CA266,346A CA1067398A (fr)	1975-12-24	1976-11-23	Methode d'extraction du petrole par injection de vapeur a haute conformite verticale
CA334,314A CA1080614A (fr)	1975-12-24	1979-08-23	Methode d'extraction du petrole lourd par injection de vapeur par le fond de la nappe

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CA1080614A true CA1080614A (fr)	1980-07-01

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CA334,314A Expired CA1080614A (fr)	1975-12-24	1979-08-23	Methode d'extraction du petrole lourd par injection de vapeur par le fond de la nappe

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Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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US4640356A (en) *	1984-02-14	1987-02-03	Chemie Linz Aktiengesellschaft	Process for the enhanced oil recovery of underground mineral oil deposits
CN111502623A (zh) *	2020-05-08	2020-08-07	克拉玛依红山油田有限责任公司	管式冲砂注汽装置及工艺
CN115370334A (zh) *	2021-05-20	2022-11-22	中国石油天然气股份有限公司	降低油藏汽窜的注汽调整方法

1979
- 1979-08-23 CA CA334,314A patent/CA1080614A/fr not_active Expired

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US4640356A (en) *	1984-02-14	1987-02-03	Chemie Linz Aktiengesellschaft	Process for the enhanced oil recovery of underground mineral oil deposits
CN111502623A (zh) *	2020-05-08	2020-08-07	克拉玛依红山油田有限责任公司	管式冲砂注汽装置及工艺
CN115370334A (zh) *	2021-05-20	2022-11-22	中国石油天然气股份有限公司	降低油藏汽窜的注汽调整方法
CN115370334B (zh) *	2021-05-20	2024-05-14	中国石油天然气股份有限公司	降低油藏汽窜的注汽调整方法

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
1997-07-02	MKEX	Expiry

Publication	Publication Date	Title
US4088188A (en)	1978-05-09	High vertical conformance steam injection petroleum recovery method
US4489783A (en)	1984-12-25	Viscous oil recovery method
US4565249A (en)	1986-01-21	Heavy oil recovery process using cyclic carbon dioxide steam stimulation
US4488598A (en)	1984-12-18	Steam, noncondensable gas and foam for steam and distillation drive _in subsurface petroleum production
US5167280A (en)	1992-12-01	Single horizontal well process for solvent/solute stimulation
US4429745A (en)	1984-02-07	Oil recovery method
US4385662A (en)	1983-05-31	Method of cyclic solvent flooding to recover viscous oils
US4466485A (en)	1984-08-21	Viscous oil recovery method
US5339904A (en)	1994-08-23	Oil recovery optimization using a well having both horizontal and vertical sections
CA2243105C (fr)	2001-11-13	Exploitation de gisements d'hydrocarbures sous pression elevee par injection de vapeur
US4390067A (en)	1983-06-28	Method of treating reservoirs containing very viscous crude oil or bitumen
US3515213A (en)	1970-06-02	Shale oil recovery process using heated oil-miscible fluids
US5607018A (en)	1997-03-04	Viscid oil well completion
US3983939A (en)	1976-10-05	Method for recovering viscous petroleum
US4166503A (en)	1979-09-04	High vertical conformance steam drive oil recovery method
US4042029A (en)	1977-08-16	Carbon-dioxide-assisted production from extensively fractured reservoirs
US4034812A (en)	1977-07-12	Method for recovering viscous petroleum from unconsolidated mineral formations
US4510997A (en)	1985-04-16	Solvent flooding to recover viscous oils
US4166504A (en)	1979-09-04	High vertical conformance steam drive oil recovery method
CA1116510A (fr)	1982-01-19	Methode de recuperation de l'huile d'un procede a vapeur, a haute structure verticale
US4293035A (en)	1981-10-06	Solvent convection technique for recovering viscous petroleum
US4429744A (en)	1984-02-07	Oil recovery method
US4166501A (en)	1979-09-04	High vertical conformance steam drive oil recovery method
US20150107834A1 (en)	2015-04-23	Method for producing heavy oil
US4373585A (en)	1983-02-15	Method of solvent flooding to recover viscous oils