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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 1980
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alvin O Clauset, Jr, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texaco Inc., White Plains, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ; E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166294 ; 1663 / ;
Abstract
In a conventional attic oil reservoir recovery program wherein gas is injected through a well into an attic reservoir, the gas then migrating updip and displacing oil downward to the producing interval in the well wherefrom the oil is then produced, the improvement is added wherein at the completion of the gas injection step a water excluding agent is injected into the reservoir in the immediate vicinity of the well bore which prevents the formation water from restricting the flow of oil into the well bore and being produced.