heavy oil recoveryThe mechanics of heavy oil displacement in an in situ combustion operation is similar to that in the steam-flooding process except for one difference. Unlike in the latter, steam is produced by vaporizing water already in the rock formation or water that has been injected therein with heat from the in situ combustion of some of the oil in the reservoir. After the in-place heavy oil has been...An alternate method for heating a reservoir involves the combustion of a part of the reservoir oil and is called in situ combustion. Large quantities of compressed air must be injected into the oil zone to support the combustion. The optimal combustion temperature is 500 °C (930 °F). The hot combustion products move through the reservoir to promote oil production. In situ combustion has...
In situ combustion
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