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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:
Oct. 07, 1986
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert L Harrigal, Bakersfield, CA (US);
Assignee:
Shell California Production Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166272 ; 166303 ;
Abstract
In a heavy oil reservoir containing water-sensitive clay which impedes injections of either steam or cold CO.sub.2, oil is produced by injecting CO.sub.2 vapor at more than about 130.degree. F. at a pressure below the critical pressure for the CO.sub.2 or fracturing pressure for the reservoir.