Open AccessReactivation of an Idle Lease to Increase Heavy Oil Recovery Through Application of Conventional Steam Drive Technology in a Low Dip Slope and Basin Resrvoir in the Midway-Sunset Field, San Jaoquin Basin, California
Author(s) -
Creties Jenkins,
Doug Sprinkel,
Milind Deo,
Ray Wydrinski,
Robert L. Swain
Publication year - 1997
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/2203
Subject(s) - idle , structural basin , lease , sunset , environmental science , engineering , hydrology (agriculture) , geology , geomorphology , operating system , computer science , geotechnical engineering , physics , political science , astronomy , law
This project reactivates ARCOs idle Pru Fee lease in the Midway-Sunset field, California and conducts a continuous steamflood enhanced oil recovery demonstration aided by an integration of modern reservoir characterization and simulation methods. Cyclic steaming is being used to reestablish baseline production within the reservoir characterization phase of the project. During the demonstration phase scheduled to begin in January 1997, a continuous steamflood enhanced oil recovery will be initiated to test the incremental value of this method as an alternative to cyclic steaming. Other economically marginal Class III reservoirs having similar producibility problems will benefit from insight gained in this project. The objectives of the project are: (1) to return the shut-in portion of the reservoir to optimal commercial production; (2) to accurately describe the reservoir and recovery process; and (3) to convey the details of this activity to the domestic petroleum industry, especially to other producers in California, through an aggressive technology transfer program