Primary Extraction:
Everyone has seen the oil derricks (our main slide has one) or the oil towers. The geyser effect , although marvelous and cool looking, is quite a big anomaly. But the concept still applies, the main extraction comes from drilling into the oil pocket with a hollow tube system. The the pressure inverts, with the high pressure well distributing to the lower pressure surrounding space.
A short analogy: Think of shaking a two litre of soda. When you shake this soda, the bottle inflates and becomes highly pressurized. In the oil well, this pressure comes from decomposed gasses. When the pressure is released, in oil wells through puncturing the well, the contents very quickly disperse generally in an upward fashion.
Everyone has seen the oil derricks (our main slide has one) or the oil towers. The geyser effect , although marvelous and cool looking, is quite a big anomaly. But the concept still applies, the main extraction comes from drilling into the oil pocket with a hollow tube system. The the pressure inverts, with the high pressure well distributing to the lower pressure surrounding space.
A short analogy: Think of shaking a two litre of soda. When you shake this soda, the bottle inflates and becomes highly pressurized. In the oil well, this pressure comes from decomposed gasses. When the pressure is released, in oil wells through puncturing the well, the contents very quickly disperse generally in an upward fashion.
Secondary Extraction:
When pressures equalize with the surrounding atmosphere, petroleum becomes unable to be pushed to the surface. In order to change this, our patented system injects a CO2 mixture into the oil to create excess pressure. Kind of like how a child would wiggle his straw, blow bubbles or remove the lid in order to get that last drop of his shake.
When pressures equalize with the surrounding atmosphere, petroleum becomes unable to be pushed to the surface. In order to change this, our patented system injects a CO2 mixture into the oil to create excess pressure. Kind of like how a child would wiggle his straw, blow bubbles or remove the lid in order to get that last drop of his shake.
Tertiary Extraction: Solvents such as water, plant based oil, or potentially non-phosphate detergent are added to the solution. The materials interact with the oil resulting in the oil becoming more fluid like and decreasing the overall viscosity. The oil now begins to run akin to water, in order to full drain the well. The water or other material used is then filtered, to return the "gray - water" back to proper usage.