A new method of steamflooding has been suggested which uses staggered scheduling of oscillations in injection and production among the various injectors and producers in a project. Simulation results show that the proposed method can increase oil production over the base case of no oscillation by 2-8 %.

Keywords:
oscillation, staggered scheduling, thermal method, oil recovery, alternation, horizontal row alternation, injection rate, producer, injector, new method
Subjects:
Improved and Enhanced Recovery, Thermal methods
Copyright 1993, Society of Petroleum Engineers
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