Reducing the Energy and Steam Consumption of SAGD Through Cyclic Solvent Co-Injection

The amount of oil that is contained in the Canadian oil sands represent the third largest oil accumulation in the world. Approximately half of the daily oil production from the oil sands comes from mining processes and the other half is produced mostly using steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD). T...

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Main Authors: Diego Manfre Jaimes, Ian D. Gates, Matthew Clarke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-10-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/20/3860