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Steam (WIM_12)
DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.
RDF: wim_12.ttl
- Name
steam- Attribute
- WIM Wellbore Injection Material
- Definition
- The injection of superheated steam in order to extract viscous crude oil; an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) method that is the main type of thermal stimulation of oil reservoirs.
- Description
- Steam may be either cyclically injected, followed by a 'soak' and then recovery from a single well, or injected into a well separate from the production well.
- Accepted
- 2013-10-18
- Allowed for
Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.