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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 1984
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph C Allen, Bellaire, TX (US);
Robert E Gillespie, Bellaire, TX (US);
David B Burnett, Carrollton, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texaco Inc., White Plains, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ; E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166303 ; 166263 ; 166266 ; 166267 ; 166272 ;
Abstract
The disclosed invention is a method for efficiently recovering viscous petroleum from hydrocarbon formations, particularly consolidated tar sand formations. A superheated paraffinic solvent under elevated pressure and temperature is injected into the formation. Thereafter, the formation is rapidly produced until pressure is depleted. The injection and production depletion cycle is then repeated.