METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A VOLUME OF HYDROGEN INPUT AND THE AMOUNT OF OIL TAKEN OUT OF A NATURALLY OCCURING OIL FIELD

摘要

A system and method for cracking, hydrogenating and extracting oil fromunderground deposits is presented. A method includes injecting a mixture ofoxygen, steam and oil into an injection well to upgrade oil in an oil depositbelowground to decrease the viscosity of the oil to product upgraded oil. Theupgradedoil is extracted with a production well to bring upgraded oil aboveground. Themethod monitors at least one characteristic of the upgraded oil to determinewhenthe at least on characteristic exceed a threshold. The mixture of oxygen,steamand oil is adjusted when the at least one characteristic exceeds the thresholdvalue so that the mixture of oxygen, steam and oil does not exceed thethreshold.