Secondary-Recovery Practices and Oil Reserves in the Eastern Part of the Delaware-Childers Field, Nowata County, Oklahoma Page: 1
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R. I. 4019,
December 1946.
REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - BUREAU OF MINES
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SECOND .RECOVERY .PRACTICES'AND 0IL RESERVES IN THE EASTERN
PART OF' THE' DELAWARE-CHILDERS "FIELD, NOWATA COUNTY, 0 OLA.1/
'By"Kenneth H, JohnstcnE/ and 0. Rigs/
CONTENTS
Page
Introduction .. .... ........... , ., , ..... . ... ....... ........ ,. ... . . 4
Ack~owledgments .... *,.... ...... ., ,.,,.......... ............. ... 6
Primary development .....,,.,......................................... 6
Location; discovery and development' ............................ 6
Drilling and completion practices ......,... ,,................. 7
Initial production .. ...... ;.. .... .. .......... . 7
r " , p I 4 , " " 0 9 , 0 0V9.. 91. . ! " . " " ! " ..# " p- " o " " 0 " " " . s IV *
Producing zone *.... ,.... ........ ,,, ,. ., ,.................. ........., 8
History of gas injection ....,,, , ....,, ........ ...... ......, 11
Secondary' development'... .....,. ... ...... . ........, 12
Air and gas injection, ..i 2,,,,,9...... . ....... . * ...... ., . 12
History of early air- and gas-inje6tion projects ,.,......,,... 12
Drilling and'de7l Oetpi f '~6'vst eatic repressuring program .. 13
:Present air and gas injection practices .......,...,.....,... 15
Production practices ........... ,............. ............ 17
(Results'of att'ad gas injectiQn ,,......................,,. 18
Chemical and physical properties of crude oils .and produced
S. aters ; .... "..., '9.. ,.. 9... , ,...... .....,............ , 20
St;at of selected areas ,,,,,,,......... ......,,...,, ,, ., 3
'Explosion hazards ....,,. ., " .,........ .. ... ...........,., 26
Water "flooding , ..... . . .;. . ..... , " " .,;.. .".... ,.,...... 28
'C. C. Harmon water-flooding project .,,....................... 29
R. Morrison et al, water-.flooding project , ....... .. .. ..... 34
'.. J. Harrin~ dEtf-fl'odding . project ., " ... '........'... , .. 36
The Whitehill O0i1 Crp;.~p wat r-flooding project ................ 38
Recoverable -oil reserves ,...,.. ,..,, ..... .. ..............,',.,, 40
CelVu1l'ati'oE .based p'dd 'the "dr'e vol6ii 'mithd . .,. ...,............ 40
Oa -sand area ,,"",..0..... ..,,......... . ,0,,......,..... 4
Nonpermeable sections .......'. ... .....'.*.*.,. ..;..,,. 40
frettiv'te 's8ad 'thickneis'. ....; .9:;9.:... . ;... 9.. ,..... 9 9 99 41
Porosity .,. . ...,. ,... ..,,, ...... .. ..................,.., 1r
water saturation . . . . . . .. . . , ,. .. . ... . ,. '.. ...... . . 42
Or g'i~ar reserVoir pres'sur'e ".;......................,.,.. 42
1/ The Bureau of Mines will welcome reprinting of this paper, provided the
following footnote acknowledgment is used: "Reprinted from Bureau of
M~Nines Report of Investigations 4019."
2/ Associate petroleum engineers, Petroleum and Natural Gas Division, Bureau
of Mines, Petroleum Experiment Station, Bartlesville, Okla.
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Johnston, Kenneth H. & Riggs, C. H. Secondary-Recovery Practices and Oil Reserves in the Eastern Part of the Delaware-Childers Field, Nowata County, Oklahoma, report, December 1946; [Washington D.C.]. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38468/m1/3/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.