摘要 |
A method for recovery of oil in toe-to-heal in-situ combustion processes from underground petroleum formations, having at least one injection well for injecting oxidizing gas into the underground formation and one production well having a substantially horizontal leg and a substantially vertical production well connected thereto wherein the substantially horizontal leg extends towed the injection well, the horizontal leg having a heel portion in the vicinity of its connection to the vertical production well and a toe portion at the opposite end of the horizontal leg proximate the injection well. The improvement comprises either i) providing tubing inside the production well and injecting steam or water into the horizontal leg portion via the tubing so that steam/water is conveyed to the toe portion, ii) injecting steam/water into the injection well in additional to oxidizing gas, or iii) providing and carrying out both of steps i) and ii).
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