Open AccessIncreasing Heavy Oil Reserves in the Wilmington Oil Field Through Advanced Reservoir Characterization and Thermal Production Technologies, Class III
Author(s) -
David K. Davies,
Associates
Publication year - 2002
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/801531
Subject(s) - petroleum engineering , steam injection , oil sands , enhanced oil recovery , reservoir modeling , reservoir engineering , reservoir simulation , environmental science , petroleum reservoir , oil reserves , oil field , injection well , permeability (electromagnetism) , petroleum , geology , asphalt , paleontology , cartography , membrane , biology , genetics , geography
The objective of this project was to increase the recoverable heavy oil reserves within sections of the Wilmington Oil Field, near Long Beach, California through the testing and application of advanced reservoir characterization and thermal production technologies. It was hoped that the successful application of these technologies would result in their implementation throughout the Wilmington Field and, through technology transfer, will be extended to increase the recoverable oil reserves in other slope and basin clastic (SBC) reservoirs