Open AccessIncreasing Heavy Oil Reserves in the Wilmington Oil Field Through Advanced Reservoir Characterization and Thermal Production Technologies, Class III
Author(s) -
Tidelands Oil Production Company,
David K. Davies and Associates
Publication year - 2002
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/801532
Subject(s) - petroleum engineering , steam injection , oil sands , reservoir modeling , reservoir engineering , completion (oil and gas wells) , drilling , reservoir simulation , work (physics) , environmental science , permeability (electromagnetism) , petroleum reservoir , steam assisted gravity drainage , enhanced oil recovery , petroleum , geology , engineering , mechanical engineering , paleontology , cartography , asphalt , 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. The successful application of these technologies would result in expanding their implementation throughout the Wilmington Field and, through technology transfer, to other slope and basin clastic (SBC) reservoirs