Cutting SAGD costs by generating steam from produced water

Allows many small field steam generators

produced water boilerFew things are more important in today's oil price environment than reducing cost of a SAGD operation. Steam generation and transmission is a significant capital expense. Many inventors and operators are looking for ways of cutting the cost of steam.

This applicant wants to try a boiler than can handle produced water. His approved application shows cost cutting arguments for using such equipment. He believes that by having a distributed network of these small boilers, he can eliminate steam transmission and cut costs significantly.

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Tags: Thermal, Cut costs, Facilities, Heavy Oil

  20 Jan 2016



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