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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 1983
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1980
Robert J Frick, Houston, TX (US);
Ralph J Korstad, Austin, TX (US);
Charles J Robinson, III, Katy, TX (US);
Texaco Inc., White Plains, NY (US);
Abstract
In an enhanced oil recovery process utilizing a plurality of wells disposed in a nearly square grid wherein a plurality of these wells are injection wells which are utilized to inject a fluid into a petroleum reservoir, said fluid being then forced through the reservoir towards a plurality of production wells from which the fluid and mobilized petroleum from the reservoir are produced, an improvement is added comprising utilizing the wells at the corners of each nearly square grid as injection wells, drilling two additional wells within each grid along one diagonal and then utilizing these two additional wells as new production wells.