RDC Richard D. Corrie

02 / Notable Works

Fields, patents, and papers.

A selection of fields, patents, and publications from across the career. Numbers are illustrative until the final record is compiled.

2.1

Selected Record

  1. 2009
    Patent US Patent 7,000,000

    Miscible CO₂ Flooding in Mature Gulf Coast Sandstones

    A staged-injection method for improving sweep efficiency in heterogeneous reservoirs nearing abandonment.

  2. 1996
    Field Gulf of Mexico, Block 71

    West Cameron Field Redevelopment

    Led the engineering case that extended field life by an estimated eighteen years through a phased waterflood and infill program.

  3. 1988
    Publication SPE Monograph

    Practical Reservoir Surveillance

    A field engineer's handbook on reading a reservoir from its production data; still used in graduate courses.

  4. 1975
    Field North Sea

    Brent Province Waterflood Design

    Early waterflood pattern design for a major North Sea development, balancing voidage replacement against facility constraints.

  5. 1969
    Publication Journal of Petroleum Technology

    A Material-Balance Method for Gas-Cap Drive Reservoirs

    A graphical technique for separating drive mechanisms, cited several hundred times.

  6. 1962
    Patent US Patent 3,000,000

    Computer-Assisted Decline Analysis

    One of the earliest methods for fitting decline curves by machine rather than by hand.