Pore-Level Investigation of Heavy Oil Recovery using Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) Étude à l’échelle des pores de la récupération d’huiles lourdes par drainage gravitaire assisté par injection de vapeur (SAGD)

Successful application of gravity drainage process, facilitated with steam injection, using horizontal wells in various field tests, especially within Canada, indicates that high recovery factor and also economical steam to oil ratios are achievable. Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage recovery scheme w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mohammadzadeh O., Chatzis I.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2010-12-01
Series:Oil & Gas Science and Technology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.2516/ogst/2010010