A critical review of the status of SAGD: where are we and what is next?

AM Albahlani, T Babadagli - SPE Western Regional Meeting, 2008 - onepetro.org
With around 7 trillion barrels reserves and recent increase in oil demand, there is no doubt
that there would be tremendous effort on the development of heavy-oil/bitumen (HO-B) …

Particle migration and formation damage during geothermal exploitation from weakly consolidated sandstone reservoirs via water and CO2 recycling

G Cui, F Ning, B Dou, T Li, Q Zhou - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Coupled migration and retention of suspended injection particles and reservoir particles can
severely damage the formation, especially for weakly consolidated sandstone geothermal …

Energy efficiency and emissions intensity of SAGD

ID Gates, SR Larter - Fuel, 2014 - Elsevier
Currently, to mobilize and produce bitumen from Athabasca oil sands reservoirs, Steam-
Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) is the method of choice. SAGD, requires large amounts of …

A critical review of sand control evaluation testing for SAGD applications

JD Montero, S Chissonde, O Kotb, C Wang… - SPE Canada Heavy …, 2018 - onepetro.org
This paper presents a critical review of current evaluation techniques for the selection and
design of sand control devices (SCD) for Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) wells …

Oil phase viscosity behaviour in expanding-solvent steam-assisted gravity drainage

ID Gates - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2007 - Elsevier
In the Expanding-Solvent Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (ES-SAGD) process, solvent
added to injected steam mixes with the oil at the edge of the depletion chamber to help …

Design of the steam and solvent injection strategy in expanding solvent steam-assisted gravity drainage

ID Gates, N Chakrabarty - Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology, 2008 - onepetro.org
Abstract Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) is a commercial in situ recovery
technology that is effective at recovering heavy oil and bitumen. However, generation of …

Geothermal energy exploitation and power generation via a single vertical well combined with hydraulic fracturing

G Cui, W Wang, B Dou, Y Liu, H Tian… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
A method of single vertical well combined with hydraulic fracturing is proposed to prevent
short circuits and enhance heat mining. The technical and economic feasibilities of …

A technical, economic, and environmental assessment on dimethyl ether (DME) as a renewable solvent from carbon dioxide utilization (CCU) for heavy oil recovery: A …

M Chai, L Chai, H Nourozieh, Z Chen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Paris Agreement represents a shared global goal to combat climate change;
however, national carbon emissions vary significantly, mainly due to heavy oil production …

A critical review of reservoir simulation applications in key thermal recovery processes: Lessons, opportunities, and challenges

S Yang, Z Nie, S Wu, Z Li, B Wang, W Wu… - Energy & Fuels, 2021 - ACS Publications
After a cyclic steam stimulation (CSS) process achieved accidental success in recovering
heavy oil resources in the 1960s, thermal recovery processes started to unlock the door of in …

Solvent-aided steam-assisted gravity drainage in thin oil sand reservoirs

ID Gates - Journal of Petroleum science and Engineering, 2010 - Elsevier
About one-quarter of the 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen resource located in Alberta, Canada is
hosted in thin reservoirs with thickness less than about 10m and is at this time considered …