Pleito Creek: A Commercial Demonstration of a High-Pressure, In-Situ Combustion Process Using Enriched Air for Near Miscible Displacement of Heavy Oil to Horizontal Production Wells

Abstract

Abstract Body Over the life of the Pleito Creek heavy oil reservoir in California, it was produced by primary recovery, by huff-n-puff air injection, stripper gravity drainage, and finally in-situ steam and carbon dioxide generation. The purpose of this thermal recovery review is to help the reservoir engineer choose an optimal thermal recovery method for deep heavy oil that has lower carbon dioxide emissions.