Also to consider in oil recovery is the position and orientation of the injection wells around the production well.
The group simulated the effects of 12 injection wells in a ring around the city.
Are injection wells used only to dispose of waste?
Is it possible to find out the number of injection wells in a particular state?
This page describes Class I injection wells and their uses.
This forces the use of more environmentally sound injection wells.
Another use of injection wells is in natural gas and petroleum production.
Copper is mined using injection wells only in a few states.
In 1992 there were 1,100 active production wells, along with 57 injection wells.
The Regulations page has more information on how injection wells are classified.