... to explain the lack of commercial progress beyond the original SAGD concept, even though SAGD is now 40 years old. To mitigate the material balance instability, the dew point and bubble point compositions should be as similar as possible. This paper concludes that gravity drainage will work best...

... International Heavy Oil Symposium held in Calgsry, Aberta June 19-21, 1995. 6. JL, Beauquin, Felix Ndinemenu, Gilles Chalier, Lionel Lemay, LAURENT Seince : World s First Metal PCP SAGD Field Test Shows Promising Artificial-Lift Technology for Heavy-Oil Hot Production: Joslyn Field Case . Paper SPE 110479...

... 18 June 2009. This paper will be considered for publication in Petroleum Society journals. Publication rights are reserved. This is a pre print and subject to correction. Abstract In Oil industry, the production of extra-heavy oil or bitumen using the steam-assisted gravity-drainage (SAGD) method...

...1 PAPER 2009-190 Partial SAGD Applications in the Jackfish SAGD Project P. LI , A. STROICH, A. VINK, K. NESPOR, S. BHADAURIA Devon Canada Corporation M. MCCORMACK Fractical Solutions Inc. This paper is accepted for the Proceedings of the Canadian International Petroleum Conference (CIPC) 2009...

...1 PAPER 2009-004 Numerical History Match of the Burnt Lake SAGD Process Y. ITO, J. CHEN Alberta Research Council This paper is accepted for the Proceedings of the Canadian International Petroleum Conference (CIPC) 2009, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 16 18 June 2009. This paper will be considered...

...1 PAPER 2009-014 Evaluation of Steam Circulation Strategies for SAGD Start-Up J.-Y. YUAN Osum Oil Sands Corp. R. MCFARLANE Alberta Research Council Inc. This paper is accepted for the Proceedings of the Canadian International Petroleum Conference (CIPC) 2009, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 16 18 June...

... mcmurray formation drainage time recovery process reservoir solvent test bitumen solvent process saturation enhanced recovery thermal method diffusivity equation viscosity porosity sagd carbonate reservoir steam-assisted gravity drainage grosmont reservoir permeability...

... Gravity Drainage (SAGD). Other in situ recovery processes discussed herein are solvent injection, electro-thermal stimulation (electric current flowing in the reservoir) and electro-magnetic stimulation (electric current in the reservoir induced by magnetic fields). Test Site 1 involves steam/water...

... gravity drainage (SAGD) is a promising in-situ thermal recovery method, having the advantages of lower energy requirements and higher recovery factors over other steam injection methods. However, about two thirds of the total deposit is too deep for surface mining and too shallow for steam injection [4...

... carrier gas oil sample vapex process vapor chamber heavy oil enhanced recovery injection bitumen propane sagd solvent concentration steam-assisted gravity drainage oil production rate oil sand injection case fluctuation complex reservoir asphaltene content experiment...

...1 PAPER 2009-191 Criteria for Ranking Realizations in the Investigation of SAGD Reservoir Performance D.R. FENIK, A. NOURI, C.V.DEUTSCH University of Alberta This paper is accepted for the Proceedings of the Canadian International Petroleum Conference (CIPC) 2009, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 16 18...

...1 PAPER 2009-207 Improving the SAGD Performance by Introducing a New Well Configuration M. MOJARAB, T. HARDING, B. MAINI University of Calgary This paper is accepted for the Proceedings of the Canadian International Petroleum Conference (CIPC) 2009, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 16 18 June 2009...

... steam chamber upstream oil & gas complex reservoir bitumen mechanism sagd enhanced recovery equation permeability oil sand thickness proportion capillary tube model viscosity bundle size distribution flow rate thermal method velocity profile assumption non condensable gas...

... Drainage (SAGD) and Cyclic Steam Stimulation (CSS). These methods are both energy intensive, emit significant amounts of carbon dioxide to atmosphere, and use large volumes of water to recover the oil. In this work, the focus is on steam-based gravity drainage processes. It has been demonstrated...

...1 PAPER 2009-101 Numerical Evaluation of Adding Hydrocarbon Additives to Steam in SAGD Process M. HOSSEININEJAD MOHEBATI, B.B. MAINI, T.G. HARDING University of Calgary This paper is accepted for the Proceedings of the Canadian International Petroleum Conference (CIPC) 2009, Calgary, Alberta...

... oil saturation css enhanced recovery sagd performance cumulative sor operation clearwater formation steam-assisted gravity drainage bottom water upstream oil & gas producer bitumen sagd operation thermal method cnrl sagd modeling & simulation sagd project well pair...

... Abstract This paper describes the application of a genetic algorithm to the development of a solvent-additive SAGD process. A review of related field projects and key simulation studies is provided, together with a discussion of the pros and cons of potential alkane solvents. Economics...

... techniques include thermal and non-thermal methods. Thermal methods include Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD), Cyclic Steam Stimulation (CSS), steam injection, In Situ Combustion (ISC), and their variants. Non-thermal methods include miscible flooding, chemical flooding, and their variants. Canada...

...1 PAPER 2009-019 A Mathematical Solution to Consider Geomechanics in SAGD Process A. AZAD, R.J. CHALATURNYK University of Alberta This paper is accepted for the Proceedings of the Canadian International Petroleum Conference (CIPC) 2009, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 16 18 June 2009. This paper...