Mining for Petroleum: Feasibility Study

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• Personal Author:
  Bass DM ; Bond E ; Hutchins JS
• Description:
  Two potential modified in situ methods are described for recovering the 68 pct "unrecoverable" hydrocarbons in oil reservoirs. For the 300 billion barrels of conventional light crude, a drip drainage system is suggested by mining underneath a reservoir and producing from below by controlled gravity flow. For the 200 billion barrels of heavy or viscous oil and tar sands deposits, a flip flop process is described using surface flooding with hot water saturated with surfactant and weighting additives. Mining engineering description of shafts and tunnels required are included as is a discussion of the tunnel proximity to a reservoir. Petroleum engineering flow equations to describe production rates and candidate reserve areas of the United States are described. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Open File Report
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Final Contract Report
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  TCRC - Twin Cities Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-361
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10001899
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-297133
• Citation:
  NTIS: PB 297-133; :1-361
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Performing Organization:
  Energy Develop. Cons., Inc.
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NTIS: PB 297-133
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:83971223a306b0af4bcc9f7af9e81985655236c351c0f6d9e36bfdc615b82b98819d3cbeaa2455364002e322f38d7c440850e4d842b94408ee92aa9553298c32
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206562/cdc_206562_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 16.90 MB ]