Viscous oil recovery method
CA 1088861 A · Owner: Texaco Canada Inc. · Inventors: Redford, David A.; Cram, Phillip J.
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VISCOUS OIL RECOVERY METHOD, (D#73,500-RCA 33-F) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE, Viscous petroleum may be recovered from viscous petroleum-containing formations such as tar sand deposits in a process employing steam and air or a free oxygen-containing gas in the ratio of 0.05 to 0.65 M.S.C.F. per bbl. and a cyclical injection-production program in which first steam or steam and air are injected and fluids are produced without restriction until live steam is produced at the production well, after which steam and air are injected and production throttled to a value less than 50% and preferably less than 20% until the formation pressure at the production well rises to a value between about 60% to …
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- Granted November 4, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 4, 1997.
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