Dealing with SAGD steam breakthrough

Trying a side track

side track side viewWhen steam breaks through from SAGD injector to producer, it's difficult to heal. In this application, the applicant proposes an interesting side track to increase bitumen recovery. He discusses the details of the breakthrough failure, his analysis of the recovery to date, and his plans for mitigation. We found this information through AppIntel.

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Tags: Thermal, Heavy Oil

Granger Low  23 Nov 2015



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