• VASEEM ZAMAN KP
• ARYA PR
• SANTHOSH A KRISHNA

Any oil field which exhibits heavy oil, poor permeability and irregular fault lines results in a rapid production decline where conventional oil recovery methods become ineffective. To improve production from such fields, favorable and emerging technologies should be implemented. Steam injection is one such effective thermal enhanced oil recovery technique, which involves the process of injecting steam from surface facilities, into the depleted reservoir, through its distribution from the injector wells accordingly to the well patterns as arranged and decided in the field. When the injected steam enters the reservoir it heats the crude oil, resulting in a reduction of viscosity and eventually the steam condenses due to change in temperature, thereby promoting the heat transfer in the pay zone. The condensed steam gets transformed into hot water. The steam and hot water combinedly generates an artificial drive that sweeps the now mobilized oil towards the producer well. Extensive review has been put forward on the field tests conducted on Issaran Oil Field (Egypt), Iranian Fractured Light Oil Reservoir (Iran), and Daqing Oil Field (China). Based on these research studies the paper has come to a conclusive feasibility of steam injection.

Steam Injection, Enhanced oil Recovery, Heavy oil Reservoir, Steam assisted gravity drainage, Cyclic Group Steaming of the Well

"INVESTIGATION OF STEAM FLOODING TECHNIQUE TO ENHANCE OIL RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON FROM MATURE OIL FIELDS: A REVIEW", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 5, page no.b504-b510, May-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2105195.pdf

"INVESTIGATION OF STEAM FLOODING TECHNIQUE TO ENHANCE OIL RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON FROM MATURE OIL FIELDS: A REVIEW", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 5, page no. ppb504-b510, May-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2105195.pdf