摘要 |
The flow of oil from an undersea oil-bearing formation to an on-shore well is induced by the steps of locating a relatively small anode in a cavity at an approximately medial elevation of the formation at an off-shore location preferably beyond the reservoir of oil, injecting saline water into that cavity, raising the electric potential of the anode with respect to a cathode in the vicinity of an off-shore well, and withdrawing oil from the well.
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