Method of recovering viscous petroleum from thick tar sand

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Publication Type patent
Research Institute Institute for Clean and Secure Energy (ICSE)
Author Anderson, Donald J.; Pisio, Peter; Kirkvold, Charles F.
Title Method of recovering viscous petroleum from thick tar sand
Date 1977-02-22
Description Recovery of viscous petroleum such as from thick tar sands is assisted using a closed-loop flow path formed in a well by concentric casing and tubular members extending from the earth's surface through a substantial portion of the formation for conducting hot fluid to reduce the viscosity of the petroleum in the formation to develop a potential passage in the formation outside the flow path into which a drive fluid is injected to promote movement of the petroleum to the well for production up a production flow line extending up the interior of the tubular member.
Type Text
Publisher United States Patent and Trademark Office
Subject Patent; Viscous petroleum recovery; Thick tar sand
Language eng
Bibliographic Citation Anderson, D. J., Pisio, P., & Kirkvold, C. F. (1977). U.S. Patent No. 4,008,765. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Rights Management (c) Donald J. Anderson, Peter Pisio, Charles F. Kirkvold
Format Medium application/pdf
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Setname ir_eua
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sf5vbv