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OIL SANDS
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WOC WATER OIL CONTACT
SOURCE: TURTA
UNE DRIVE WELL NETWORK
(PERIPHERAL LINB DRIVE)
ISOLATED PATTERNS
CONTIGOUS PATTERNS
FIGURE 1
THREE WAYS OF APPLYING FIREFLOODING
(Idealized Oil Reservoirs)
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operating simultaneously as many patterns as
the operator wants. When several companies
are operating on the same reservoir, the applica
tion of the line drive requires unitization of the
pool, while the patterns system does not.
Turta's paper discusses cases where the location
of the field pilot had an important effect on the
ability to evaluate the pilot.
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