Show Government Industry Split Cost Of or Testing New Oil Recovery Plan a a way of heat heat- heatIng heating ing leg deposits of heavy crude oil to thin the oil so it can be pumped to the surface will surface will be demonstrated under a sharing cost agreement with the Husky Oil Company the Interior Departments Department's Bureau Bureau Dureau Bu Du- reau of or Mines announced re re re- The Cody Wyo firm has put up and the government 2 million for a month 51 demonstration of oC the fire flood as a technique for stimulating reservoirs that contain contain contin con con- tain tin heavy havy oil Information de des eloped under the contract will willbe willbe willbe be available to other operators wishing to use the technology The contract will be admin admin- by the Energy Research and Development Administration tion a new Federal agency to which Bureau Dureau of oC energy research facilities and personnel personnel person person- nel net have been transferred Site of the demonstration will be the Paris Valley Field near San Ardo Monterey County Calif where an estimated estimated esti esti- mated million barrels of heavy oil lies because because be be- cause calise it is too thick for pro by conventional pumping pumping pump rump ing unless it in some someway way In a part of the oil oilin oilin in n the deposit is ignited and the underground burning Is controlled by injecting varying amounts of air Heat and pressure pressure pressure pres- pres pres pres- sure combine to thin the oil and push it to a producing well Successful demonstration of the technique could stimulate interest in production product of oil from reservoirs containing similar heavy in Texas Oklahoma Mississippi and other parts of California |