Method and apparatus for recovering viscous petroleum from thick tar sand

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Publication Type patent
Research Institute Institute for Clean and Secure Energy (ICSE)
Other Author Anderson, Donald J.
Title Method and apparatus for recovering viscous petroleum from thick tar sand
Date 1978-10-17
Description Recovery of viscous petroleum such as from a thick tar sand formation is assisted using a closed-loop flow path formed in a production well 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 first potential passage in the formation outside the flow path into which a hot drive fluid is injected through a injection well to promote movement of the petroleum to the production well for production and to develop a second potential passage for fluid flow in the formation from a linearly spaced apart injection well for injection of a hot drive fluid to further promote movement of additional petroleum to the production well.
Type Text
Publisher United States Patent and Trademark Office
Subject viscous petroleum recovery; thick tar sand; closed-loop flow tath; production well; patent
Language eng
Bibliographic Citation Anderson, D. J. (1978). Method and apparatus for recovering viscous petroleum from thick tar sand. United States Patent and Trademark Office. United States Patent 4,120,357.
Relation Has Part United States Patent 4,120,357.
Rights Management (c)United States Patent and Trademark Office
Format Medium application/pdf
Format Extent 40,775 bytes
Identifier ir-eua/id/3043
Source DSpace at ICSE
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Setname ir_eua
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cz669c
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