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Field experiment of in-situ oil recovery from a Utah tar sand by reverse combustion

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1976

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C. Q. Cupps, C.S. Land, L. C. Marchant

Geotechnical EngineeringUtah Tar SandAssociated Field ExperimentChemical Enhanced Oil RecoveryViscous Oil RecoveryEngineeringPetroleum ReservoirCivil EngineeringField ExperimentEnhanced Oil RecoveryReverse CombustionHeavy Oil RecoveryOil-recovery ResearchEnhanced Oil ProductionEarth Science

Abstract

Tar-sand--oil-recovery research at the Laramie Energy Research Center, ERDA, is reviewed. The status and current results of an associated field experiment scheduled to start in 1975 in the Northwest Asphalt Ridge deposit near Vernal, Utah, to test in-situ oil recovery by reverse combustion.