SAGD Push/Pull Strategy?

Disposing into a producing formation

woman exercising with ropesMany oil sands operators want to dispose into the same formation from which they are producing. Why does the AER dislike this strategy?

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Injection into a producing formation

The AER dislikes approving injection into a producing formation without evidence of increased recovery. This concept is ingrained into AER processes and has been a standard way of thinking for decades.

Recently they have been persuaded to reconsider in certain, special circumstances.

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Injection or disposal?

Some of the same thinking applies to the regulators approval process of disposal wells. Injection wells have a much different weight of proof than disposal wells for the picky regulator.

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Tags: Disposal, Thermal, Compliance, Heavy Oil

Granger Low  24 May 2022



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