This paper is to be presented at the Petroleum Society's 7th Canadian International Petroleum Conference (57th Annual technical Meeting), Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 13 - 15, 2006. The economics of SAGD are significantly impacted by the cost of generating steam. At roughly 1mcf / bbl of bitumen produced for an SOR in the range of 2.3-2. M3 / m3, natural gas is the single largest operating cost in a SAGD project.
This paper is to be presented at the Petroleum Society's 7th Canadian International Petroleum Conference (57th Annual technical Meeting), Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 13 - 15, 2006. The ec…