..., and ranking of the highest quality resource opportunities at the exploration scale. The regional geology of the Western Canada Basin and the Athabasca area will be reviewed. At the development stage the conventional approach to evaluate Athabasca oil sands properties requires closely spaced coreholes drilled...

... Abstract Sub-seismic scale permeability heterogeneity due to the existence of mud clasts can adversely affect steam chamber growth during the steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) process. Using stochastic approach integrating core, log and seismic data from the Athabasca Oil Sands, Canada...