SAGD turned CSS
How do you rejuvenate a poorly performing CSS installation? Why not add an element of SAGD?
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One operator choose a variation to bitumen steam technology in a maturing reservoir. He added continuous injection similar to SAGD to his aging CSS project. SAGD turned CSS is rejigged with new injectors perpendicular to the producers. He hoped that injecting steam from the top down might improve production. We found this information using AppIntel.
He also includes an interesting discussion of why CSS efficiency drops over time and what to do about it. You can see all his reasoning and design in his application documents by following the link above. Get all his reasoning and design in his application documents. Get them in moments from our self-serve portal.
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Inject. Soak. Produce. Repeat. Change it up.
CSS (Cyclical Steam Stimulation) has been around for a very long time. Huff-and-puff for production of heavy oil was the recovery method of choice back before the 90's.
Since SAGD became popular, CSS has suffered an unpopularity complex. But it coming back in vogue as an additional element to some of the most famous bitumen recovery schemes.
For example, CSS has been added to some SAGD schemes.
Rotating CSS has also become popular.
CSS using horizontal wells has become a popular production scheme.
Low pressure CSS is being used where concerns about oil flow to surface exist.
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Tags: Thermal, Heavy Oil
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