Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology
Volume 49, Number 6, June 2010, pp. 74-79

SPE-138403-PA

Conducting SAGD in Shoreface Oil Sands With Associated Basal Water

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DOI  More information 10.2118/138403-PA http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/138403-PA

Citation

  • Peterson, J.A., Riva, D.T., Connelly, M.E., Solanki, S.C., and Edmunds, N.R. 2010. Conducting SAGD in Shoreface Oil Sands With Associated Basal Water. J Can Pet Technol  49 (6): 74-79. SPE-138403-PA. doi: 10.2118/138403-PA.

Discipline Categories

  • 6.4.9 Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD)

Keywords

  • SAGD, shoreface oil sands, basal water

Summary

The majority of steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) development to date has been concentrated in the McMurray formation in the Eastern Athabasca fairway. More recently operators have identified projects with considerable resources located in shoreface sands of the Grand Rapids formation in the Wabasca area. Laricina Energy's Germain thermal project in Grand Rapids has associated basal water underlying much of the reservoir. In this paper the authors show that SAGD can be configured to maximize bitumen recovery for such reservoirs, based on laboratory and new simulation studies. The result is a SAGD configuration where the producers are placed at the base of porosity, within the basal water zone.

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History

  • Original manuscript received: 24 March 2009
  • Meeting paper published: 17 June 2009
  • Revised manuscript received: 2 April 2010
  • Manuscript approved: 6 April 2010
  • Published online: 21 June 2010
  • Version of record: 1 June 2010