Production of hydrocarbons from underground formations
USRE30019E · kind E · reissue
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| Filing date | Jun 30, 1977 |
| Grant date | Jun 5, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 30, 1997 |
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- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
A method for recovering hydrocarbons by injecting a mixture of oxidizing gas and steam into a lateral conduit in a hydrocarbon-containing formation to produce a product gas and, based on values contained in such gas, controlling the reactions between mixtures of oxidizing gas and steam and hydrocarbons in the formation to optimize the Btu value of the product gas.
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