Increasing Heavy Oil Reserves in the Wilmington Oil Field through Advanced Reservoir Characterization and Thermal Production Technologies. (Quarterly Report, July 1, 2003- September 30, 2003).

Walker, G.

Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee

关键词: Oil reservoirs;    Thermal recovery;    Petroleum;    Geologic models;    Monitoring;   

RP-ID  :  DE2005835832

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

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来源: National Technical Reports Library

【 摘 要 】

The overall objective of this project is to increase heavy oil reserves in slope and basin clastic (SBC) reservoirs through the application of advanced reservoir characterization and thermal production technologies. The project involves improving thermal recovery techniques in the Tar Zone of Fault Blocks II-A and V (Tar II-A and Tar V) of the Wilmington Field in Los Angeles County, near Long Beach, California. A primary objective is to transfer technology which can be applied in other heavy oil formations of the Wilmington Field and other SBC reservoirs, including those under waterflood. The thermal recovery operations in the Tar II-A and Tar V have been relatively inefficient because of several producibility problems which are common in SBC reservoirs.