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OIL SANDS
of an ISC process occurred in the United States
in 1950-1951.
The process has been extensively studied both in
laboratory
and in field pilots. Although there has
been a great deal of work in this area, the general
acceptance of the process is still debated. Ac
cording to Turta, the causes for this situation in
clude:
- The
extreme complexity of the process,
coupled with difficulties in understanding
how ISC works as a displacement
process
Field. Country
W. Newport, USA
Lost Hills, USA
Midway Sunset, USA
Midway Sunset, USA
S. Belridge, USA
Bellevue, USA
W. Heidelberg, USA
Forest Hill, USA
Buffalo, USA
Brea Olinda, USA
Karajanbas, Kazakhstan
Balahani, Azerbaijan
Battrum, Canada
Morgan, Canada
Suplacu de Barcau, Romania
W. VkJele, Romania
E. Videle, Romania
W. Balaria, Romania
E. Balaria, Romania
TABLE 1
- Labor
- Difficulties
intensive character of the process
in evaluation of the pilot, due
to the fact that the pilots were conducted
in a pattern or patterns which did not
form a confined zone
Lack of vision in the design of the ISC
pilots for further development of the field
process
COMMERCIAL ISC PROCESSES
Commercial In Situ Combustion Projects
Table 1 presents the main information on com
mercial ISC processes. The oldest process is
Daily
Oil Air/Oil
Viscosity Prod. Prod, by Ratio
DeDth. Ft. GE Inj. Wells Wells ISC BOPD SCF/Bbl
1,600 750 36 139 980 10,700
300 410 7 45 520 6,200
2,700 110 3/up 31 900 6,700
1,700 5,000 10 40 700
1,100 1,600 2 ? 900 6,000
400 660 15 85 420 16,300
11,300 6 3/up 9 400 10,000
5,000 1,060 21 100 400
7,650 2 9 26 930 7,000
3,300 20 2/up 20 650 7,700
1,100 450 78/LD 364 6,000
910 140 6/up 35 600 6,700
2,900 70 25 151 6,900 10,000
1,940 8,100 9 35 940
400 2,000 132/u-L 527 9,000 12,300
2,500 100 19/u-L 50 610 17,000
2,100 100 33/u-L 89 660 21,000
2,200 116 22 60 820 24,500
1,500 416 15/u-L 47 550 22,500
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THE SYNTHETIC FUELS REPORT, JANUARY 1995