PROCESSO E SISTEMA PARA AUMENTAR A PRODUCAO DE PETROLEO A PARTIR DE UM POCO DE PETROLEO QUE PRODUZ UMA MISTURA DE PETROLEO E GAS

A method and system for increasing oil production from an oil well producing a mixture of oil and gas at an elevated pressure through a wellbore penetrating an oil-bearing formation containing an oil-bearing zone and an injection zone, by separating at least a portion of the gas from the mixture of...

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Hauptverfasser: CAWVEY, JAMES, L, BRADY, JERRY, L, STEVENSON, MARK, D, KLEIN, JOHN, M, HEARN, DAVID, D
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Zusammenfassung:A method and system for increasing oil production from an oil well producing a mixture of oil and gas at an elevated pressure through a wellbore penetrating an oil-bearing formation containing an oil-bearing zone and an injection zone, by separating at least a portion of the gas from the mixture of oil and gas to produce a separated gas and an oil-enriched mixture; utilizing energy from at least a portion of the mixture of oil and gas to compress at a surface at least a portion of the separated gas to produce a compressed gas having sufficient pressure to be injected into the injection zone; injecting the compressed gas into the injection zone; and recovering at least a major portion of the oil-enriched mixture