On the problem of heat and mass transfer in thermal non-isolated reservoir

The thermal method is one of the major methods used to enhance oil recovery. In accordance to O.G.J. 69% of the enhanced oil recovery {EOR) production in the United States is due to the thermal methods and, tOday, EOR accounts for more than 9% of the total oil production of North America [1, 2]. In the paper .th.e· method using volume thermal source to act upon the reservoir is investigated. The presented .model takes into account also the possible thermal exchange of reservoir with surrounding medium.