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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1996
John R Wolflick, McKinney, TX (US);
James L Cawvey, Anchorage, AK (US);
Jerry L Brady, Anchorage, AK (US);
John R Whitworth, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
David D Hearn, Anchorage, AK (US);
Atlantic Richfield Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and a method for producing increased quantities of oil from an oil well producing a mixture of oil and gas through a well bore penetrating an oil bearing formation containing a gas cap zone and an oil bearing zone by separating at least a portion of the gas from the mixture of oil and gas downhole in an auger separator to produce a separated gas and an oil enriched mixture; compressing at least a portion of the separated gas downhole to a pressure greater than the pressure in the gas cap zone to produce a compressed gas; and, injecting the compressed gas into the gas cap and, recovering at least a major portion of the oil enriched mixture.