ConocoPhillips
SW-SAGD with between heel and toe injection
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Abstract:
Single well SAGD is improved by having one or more injection segments and two or more production segments between the toe end and the heel end of a flat, horizontal well. The additional injection points improve the rate of steam chamber development as well as the rate of production, as shown by simulations of a central injection segment bracketed by a pair of production segments (-P-I-P-), and by a pair of injection segments with three production segments (-P-I-P-I-P). Although the completion of the single well costs more, this configuration allows the development of thin plays that cannot be economically developed with traditional SAGD wellpairs.
Status:
Grant
Type:
Utility
Filling date:
26 Feb 2021
Issue date:
30 Aug 2022