The earliest steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) pilot projects have been installed and operated in the Athabasca and Cold Lake oil sands of Alberta, Canada, and many of these pilots are now mature ...

Abstract A new analytical model is developed and solved to reveal heat transfer mechanism during steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD). The new model is transformed to a boundary value problem (BVP) ...

Flue gas assisted steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) is a frontier technology to enhance oil recovery for heavy oil reservoirs. The carbon dioxide generated from the thermal recovery of heavy oil ...

Field tests in Alberta showed that multiphase meters can measure the high-temperature fluids produced in steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) projects. Click here to enlarge image Two different ...

PLAINFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies has been awarded the supply of key portions of the produced water treatment system by Southern Pacific Resource Corp. (Southern ...

Oil sands projects have long been characterized by high capital requirements and production costs. Even though production costs have drastically decreased over the past two years, most expansion ...

Whether or not anyone likes the idea of ripping up the landscape of northern Alberta or poking lots of well holes into it to access oil-rich sand deposits, the world—and more specifically the U.S. and ...