Masters Theses
Abstract
"It is the purpose of this investigation to study the feasibility of recovering oil from laboratory size cores by passing electric current through the formation. If a voltage of sufficient magnitude could be applied to the formation to cause a flow of current, the formation would be heated. This heat should stimulate the flow of oil. The expansion of any gas present in the core together with the formation of hydrocarbon vapors should provide sufficient expulsive force to drive oil from the core. The effect of power expenditure, the necessary voltages, the changes of conductivity and power factor of the formation, temperatures, and heating rates were investigated and will be presented in the body of the thesis"--Introduction, page 3-4.
Advisor(s)
Davis, Charles Malcolm
Department(s)
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Degree Name
M.S. in Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s)
Shell Oil Company
Publisher
Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy
Publication Date
1950
Pagination
vi, 53 pages
Note about bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 36).
Rights
© 1950 Harold Roy Coffer, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Subject Headings
Electricity in petroleum engineering
Thermal oil recovery
Thesis Number
T 894
Print OCLC #
5981453
Electronic OCLC #
739733016
Link to Catalog Record
Recommended Citation
Coffer, Harold Roy, "Thermal recovery of petroleum by electrical heating" (1950). Masters Theses. 4946.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/4946
