Experimental Study on the Process of eMSAGP

While SAGD (Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage) has been successfully deployed in recovering heavy oil/oil sand reservoirs, it suffered from low OSR (Oil-Steam-Rate) and chamber growth rate in producing super heavy oil. The SAGP technology is to inject Non-Condensable Gas (NCG) into the reservoir with steam in the SAGD process. By partial pressure effect of NCG, SAGP reduces the heat loss to overburden, thus greatly increasing OSR and reducing the demand for steam. However, it still faces the challenge of uneconomic oil rate. Introducing infill well and operating it in flooding manner, enhanced Modified Steam Assisted Gas Push (eMSAGP) can significantly speed up the growth of steam chamber and improve oil production. This work presented the physical simulation results of eMSAGP and evaluated the feasibility of its application in super heavy oil reservoir.