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Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 1992

Filed:

Aug. 30, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:

Shane S Mohammadi, Tustin, CA (US);

Shlomo R Frieman, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Assignee:

Union Oil Company of California, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166263 ; 166269 ; 166272 ; 166303 ; 166309 ;
Abstract

The time delay experienced between the commencement of the steam-foam drive and the subsequent incremental increase in oil production rate is reduced by simultaneously (a) injecting steam into the lower level of a subterranean oil-bearing formation and (b) injecting foam into the upper elevation of the formation. Preferably, the elevation where the foam is injected is gradually lowered while maintaining the steam injection elevation substantially constant. The accelerated response rate improves the economics of the steam-foam drive.


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Mohammadi, Shane. (1992). Steam-foam drive (U.S. Patent No. 5172763). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5172763

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