External Treatment of Feed Water for Steam Flood Steamers

The purpose of this paper is to provide a concentrated review of significant water characteristics and treating methods as related to steam flood boiler operation. In recent years, considerable interest has developed in the direct application of high pressure steam for the purpose of recovering crude oil not obtainable otherwise. With the increasing size and number of steam flood operations; there has been a turn toward higher capacity generators and higher operating pressures. As these pressures increase, water supply characteristics and water treatment methods have increased in importance.