Increased stripper well recovery by means of high voltage electrical heating

Author

John Curtin Schratwieser

Abstract

"The purpose of this work is to investigate the possibility of using high voltage electrical heating to obtain increased stripper well production.

A substantial portion of the oil produced in the United States is obtained from stripper wells. These wells reach their economic limit when they can no longer produce sufficient oil to justify the cost of operation. In the majority of cases, however, there is still a high percentage of oil in the sand. If a production stimulus of sufficient magnitude is introduced into the formation, oil, otherwise nonproducible, may be recovered. It is the writer’s thesis that high voltage· electrical heating will prove to be such a stimulus"--Introduction, page 1.

Advisor(s)

Forrester, James Donald, 1906-1979

Department(s)

Mining Engineering

Degree Name

M.S. in Mining Engineering

Publisher

Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy

Publication Date

1951

Pagination

vi, 59 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 57-58).

Rights

© 1951 John Curtin Schratwieser, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Open Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Subject Headings

Oil fields -- Production methodsOil sands

Thesis Number

T 964

Print OCLC #

5984767

Electronic OCLC #

954059472

Recommended Citation

Schratwieser, John Curtin, "Increased stripper well recovery by means of high voltage electrical heating" (1951). Masters Theses. 3015.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/3015