oc-plain-dealer 1923-04-21

New Oil What Eminent Geologist Says About Warnich Oil Well Heater VERNON L. KING Petroleum Geologist Engineering of Development, Production & Valuation Whittier, Calif. April 17th, 1923 United States Oil Well Heater Corp. Dear Sirs: In accordance with our conversation, I herewith submit some data that may be of interest to you regarding the use and application of the oil well heater to the petroleum industry. As you are aware the rejuvenation of oil wells has received the serious consideration from both scientific investigators and practical oil men alike. Authorities estimate that void or pore space of different oil fields throughout the United States range from 6 to 25% and of this only 1-10 to 1-2 of the fluid contests can be recovered by ordinary methods. This means that only 6-10% to 12½% of the entire volume can be recovered from oil sands. This is an economic waste which cannot be entirely eliminated. However, means can be employed to greatly increase production in declining wells and among them the circulating of hot solutions has proved the most successful. With this in mind a heater designed to run into oil wells has been devised and operated successfully by your company. The oil well heater consists of an electrical heating unit encased in a highly insulated cylinder fitted to run into the well on tubing. Temperatures are This means that only 6-10% to 12%% of the entire volume can be recovered from oil sands. This is an economic waste which cannot be entirely eliminated. However, means can be employed to greatly increase production in declining wells and among them the circulating of hot solutions has proved the most successful. With this in mind a neater designed to run into oil wells has been devised and operated successfully by your company. The oil well heater consists of an electrical heating unit encased in a highly insulated cylinder fitted to run into the well on tubing. Temperatures are controlled by a rheostadt and can be varied from zero to 1200 deg F. The cost of operation is about 20e per hour for power excepting cases where it would be necessary to use portable generating plants. The time required for heating would vary with the amount of sand treated and the depth of penetration desired. The principles involved in the use of the oil well heater will be better understood when one summarizes the natural phenomena in a well operated under ordinary conditions. They may be classed as follows: 1st: Forces tending to expell oil from sands. (a) Gas pressure. (b) Hydrostatic pressure. Both of the above factors naturally decrease so it is of great importance that the conditions within the well be such that they will do the most work possible. 2nd: Forces which prevent oil from enterint wells. (a) Clogging of sand due to tar, paraffin and chemical deposits. (b) Viscosity of oil. (c) Resistance due to porosity of sand which involves capillarity, tension with liquid, etc. (d) Immisicibility of oil with water and wet sands. Clogging of the sands can be remedied with solvents, but heat is the only means employed to penetrate the formations for more than a few inches and allow the heavy hydrocarbons to flow into the well and be pumped out. Heat along is the practical means of lowering viscosity and breaking down the resistance within the oil itself. Isolated particles of water will turn to steam and escape into the well along the path of least resistance. When oil wells are cleaned it is common practice to remove only the sediment, but in extreme cases a mechanical scrubber designed to remove tar and paraffin from perforations is used. Careful producers have found that by circulating hot oil not only could the above results be accomplished, but also that some of the formation back of the pipe was freed of its tar and paraffin and production increased. The method has its limitations and objections, namely (1) moderate degree of heat (2) cost and time (3) expansion of casing may cause buckling or breaking of a water shut-off. The oil well heater is designed to overcome the above obstacles by being capable of producing any temperature up to 1200 deg at the exact point where needed. By the old method it is evident that only a moderate degree of heat can contend with this problem. have found that by circulating hot oil not only could the above results be accomplished, but also that some of the formation back of the pipe was freed of its tar and pstraffin and production increased. The method has its limitations and objections, namely (1) moderate degree of heat (2) cost and time (3) expansion of casing may cause buckling or breaking of a water shut-off. The oil well heater is designed to overcome the above obstacles by being capable of producing any temperature up to 1200 deg. at the exact point where needed. By the old method it is evident that only a moderate degree of heat will be established near the bottom of the well and the penetration one of the most desired obstacles of the process, will be negligible. The danger of mechanical failures due to heating the water string along its entire length is eliminated. Cost of the process is also greatly reduced because the installation and operation of the heater can be handled by a tubing gang in a few days. The oil well heater should fill a need to the producer for a compact, direct and inexpensive method of not only removing congealed hydrocarbons from perforations, but also in helping to restore depleted formations to as nearly their original condition as possible. It should be a valuable adjunct to the oil business for materially increasing production in all cases where wells are clogged with tar or paraffin. Very truly yours, VERNON L. KING Oil Field Disc For The First Time The Offered Participation lutely Assured Royalties IT IS A WELL KNOWN FACT THAT OIL WELLS HAVE A HABIT OF VARYING PERIOS. SOME GREAT GUSHERS TAPER OFF SHARP DAY, ALTHO OIL TECHNOLOGISTS AGREE THAT ONLY TEN TO THE OIL IS OBTAINED FROM THE SANDS BY PRESENT METHODS OF CHECKING OF THE FLOW OF WELLS IS DUE TO CARBONATING OF THE CASING ERFORATIONS BY PARAFFINE. PARAFFINE ELTS AT 112 TO 160 DEGREES. VARIOUS METH "CLEAN OUT" WELLS AND RELIEVE THIS "GUMMED UP." CONDITION IT IS A WELL KNOWN FACT THAT OIL WELLS HAVE A HABIT VARYING PERIOS. SOME GREAT GUSHERS TAPER OFF SHARP DAY, ALTHO OIL TECHNOLOGISTS AGREE THAT ONLY TEN TO THE OIL IS OBTAINED FROM THE SANDS BY PRESENT METHODS OF CHECKING OF THE FLOW OF WELLS IS DUE TO CARBONATING OF THE CASING ERFORATIONS BY PARAFFINE. PARAFFINE JELTS AT 112 TO 160 DEGREES. VARIOUS METHODOLOGIES "CLEAN OUT" WELLS AND RELIEVE THIS "GUMMED UP." CONDITION Opportunities Unknown Between Jan. 1, 111 and Oct. 31, 1920, there were 117,600 well abandoned in the 50,700 wells in operation in Oklahoma, for instance, the average production is only six production of 67,700 well. Pennsylvania is only 0.3 barrels per day, and so on for other big, new gushers and forgets that these quickly play out. Steam has been purred into the hole, hot oil poured in, etc., and oftentimes "rund vived. These methods have been crude, expensive and uncertain. Now, there has been invented the Warnick Oil Well Heater, electrical equipment with the desired depth and birheostadt controlling temperatures from zero to 1200 degrees, abandoned oil wells absolutely certain. This is no sudden inspiration but is the result of $40,000 and collaboration with leading electrical laboratories of the country. Handed on Royalty Bank THE UNITED STATE OIL WELL HEATER CORP. WILL NOT SELL THERE BUT WILL LET OUT ON A ROYALTY BASIS ONLY. ONE CREW ON TWO WELLS PER WEEK. IT IS NOT UNREASONABLE TO SUPPLY WELL WILL BE BENFITED WILL BE AN AVERAGE OF TEN BARREL RELS PER WELL WOLD BE THE CORPORATION'S SHARE ON A VOLUME. EACH CREWWOULD THEREFORE BE CREDITED WITH TEN PER WEEK AND TECREWS WOULD TOTAL 100 BARRELs. AT THE COMPANY WOULD HVE MORE THAN 5000 BARRELS PRODUCTION CREWS WOULD MEA 50,000 BARRELS PER DAY. AT $2 PER BARREL THE UNITED STATE OIL WELL HEATER CORP. WILL NOT SELL THE ER BUT WILL LET OUT ON A ROYALTY BASIS ONLY. ONE CREW ON TWO WELLS PER WEEK. IT IS NOT UNREASONABLE TO SUP WELL WILL BE BENFITED WILL BE AN AVERAGE OF TEN BARRELS PER WELL WOLD BE THE CORPORATION'S SHARE ON A V CENT. EACH CREWWOULD THEREFORE BE CREDITED WITH TEN PER WEEK AND TECREWS WOULD TOTAL 100 BARRELS. AT THE COMPANY WOULD HVE MORE THAN 5000 BARRELS PRODUCTION CREWS WOULD MEA 50,000 BARRELS PER DAY. AT $2 PER BAR PER DAY. SO IT WILL BE SEEN THE POSSIBILITIES ARE LIMITLESS. Only $100,000 Stock ALTHO INCORPORTED. FOR $1,000,000, ONLY $100,000 STOCK IS THE EST PARTICULARS, ALL UPON OR PHONE PRESIDENT JOE W ates Oil Well Heater 121 N. LOSANGELES STREET ANAHEI, CALIF. DISCOVERY The Public Is Aviation In Absofured Oil Cities HAVE A HABIT OF CEASING TO FLOW AFTER R OFF SHARPLY TO A FEW BARRELS PER NLY TEN TO TWENTY PERCENT OF THE METHODS OF RECOVERY. THIS RAPID CARBONATING OF THE SANDS OR CLOGGING AROUS METHODS HAVE BEEN USED TO UP." CONDITION. AVE A HABIT OF CEASING TO FLOW AFTER R OFF SHARPLY TO A FEW BARRELS PER NLY TEN TO TWENTY PERCENT OF THE METHODS OF RECOVERY. THIS RAPID CARBONATING OF THE SANDS OR CLOGGING NARIOUS METHODS HAVE BEEN USED TO UP" CONDITION. Unlimited well abandoned in the United States. In addition, of production is only six barrels per day. The average proand so on for other fields. The public always hears of oftentimes "rundown" wells have been enormously reelectrical equipment which may be swung into the hole to to 1200 degrees, making revival of old, declining and but is the result of several years experiment, expenditure country. ity Basis Only NOT SELL THE WARNICK OIL WELL HEATLY. ONE CREW SHOULD COMPLETE WORK ABLE TO SUPPOSE THAT THE LEAST A OF TEN BARRELS. THEREFORE FIVE BARHARE ON A WORKING BASIS OF 50 PERTED WITH TEN BARRELS OF PRODUCTION BARRELS. AT THIS RATE OVER A YEAR THE PRODUCTION PER DAY. ONE HUNDRED T $2 PER BARREL THIS WOULD BE $100,000 NOT SELL THE WARNICK OIL WELL HEATLY. ONE CREW SHOULD COMPLETE WORK ABLE TO SUPPOSE THAT THE LEAST A OF TEN BARRELS. THEREFORE FIVE BARHARE ON A WORKING BASIS OF 50 PERTED WITH TEN BARRELS OF PRODUCTION BARRELS. AT THIS RATE OVER A YEAR THE PRODUCTION PER DAY. ONE HUNDRED at $2 PER BARREL, THISWOULD BE $100,000 ARE LIMITLESS. Stock Offered 1,000 STOCK IS BEING OFFERED. FOR FULLPRESIDENT JOE WAGNER, AT Heater Corp.