New technology gives Wilmington field new life

摘要

A project funded by the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) to increase heavy oil reserves in slope and basin clastic (SBC) reservoirs through the application of advanced reservoir characterization and thermal production technologies is expected to eventually add 13 million bbl of incremental oil production in a small portion of the Wilmington oil field in Long Beach, Calif. The project involves improving thermal recovery techniques in the Tar Zone of Fault Blocks II-A and V of Wilmington field. A primary objective is to transfer technology applicable to other heavy oil formations of Wilmington field and other SBC reservoirs, including those under waterflood. Participants in this project are the City of Long Beach, Tidelands Oil Production Co., the University of Southern California and Stanford University.