Abstract: Gao?3618 block in Liaohe oilfield is a typical thick glutenite heavy oil reservoir. It has been carried out combustion drive pilot test and extended to 13 well groups in view of a large number of remaining oil between wells on the last phase of the steam stimulation development in May 2008. By the field studies and practices such five key supporting technologies were preliminarily formed as ignition, communication status evaluation, combustion condition evaluation, combustion front driving evaluation and response feature evaluation. Through the application to Gao?3618 block, its combustion drive effectiveness has been gradually improved, basically reaching the expectations of“ignition success, general effect, high temperature combustion and uniform driving”