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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1976
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald J Anderson, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Charles F Kirkvold, Calgary, CA;
Peter Pisio, Calgary, CA;
John R Lishman, Calgary, CA;
Assignee:
Chevron Research Company, San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166272 ; 166 57 ; 166302 ; 166303 ;
Abstract
Recovery of viscous petroleum such as from thick tar sands is assisted using a closed-loop flow path 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 a production position.