--> Abstract: Waterflood Make-Up Water Alternative: Municipal Reclaimed Water "Flush or Sweep", Long Beach Unit, Wilmington Field, by J. Van Camp; #90911 (2000)
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Waterflood Make-Up Previous HitWaterNext Hit Alternative: Municipal Reclaimed Previous HitWaterNext Hit "Flush or Sweep", Long Beach Unit, Wilmington Field

VAN CAMP, JAMES, THUMS Long Beach Company, Long Beach, CA

This project involves the innovative use of municipal reclaimed Previous HitwaterNext Hit (treated municipal waste Previous HitwaterNext Hit) by the partnership of THUMS Long Beach Company (THUMS) and the City of Long Beach Previous HitWaterNext Hit Department (LBWD) to control ground subsidence and enhance oil production in the Wilmington oil field in Southern California. After reclaimed Previous HitwaterNext Hit was processed at the Long Beach Previous HitWaterNext Hit Renovation Plant, it was being dumped into the San Gabriel River. Now THUMS is using the reclaimed Previous HitwaterNext Hit for oil field waterflood injection and subsidence control in place of fresh Previous HitwaterNext Hit, which has traditionally been used for many years. This is the first known application of municipal reclaimed Previous HitwaterNext Hit for this purpose and serves as a model of cooperation between private and public entities.

To date, THUMS' Reclaimed Previous HitWaterNext Hit Injection Pilot Project has used 41 million barrels of reclaimed Previous HitwaterNext Hit with positive results, proving it to be a viable source for oil field make-up Previous HitwaterNext Hit in the Long Beach Unit. Reservoir response measured by injectivity provides data verifying that wells injected with reclaimed Previous HitwaterNext Hit respond in a similar fashion to those injected with produced Previous HitwaterTop.

The Long Beach Unit produces oil and gas from four man-made islands in the Long Beach Harbor. Operations take place in the midst of a bustling, beautiful harbor, within close proximity to residential and resort communities and beaches. From the inception of the Unit, the challenge has been to develop this vast oil field without adversely affecting the scenic beauty, natural resources, or quality of life in and around the Long Beach Harbor. Meeting this challenge requires close working relationships and open communications among public agencies and private organizations. It demands a flexible approach to meeting sometimes-inflexible environmental standards. It has resulted in the Long Beach Unit becoming a benchmark of proven methods for oil field production within an environmentally sensitive community.

AAPG Search and Discovery Article #90911©2000 AAPG Pacific Section and Western Region Society of Petroleum Engineers, Long Beach, California