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nikeherculeson Nov 12, 2014 6:07pm
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RE:I was off taking a good shat
RE:I was off taking a good shat
Take a peek at application 1789416 dated February 20th, 2014. The report is on the AER website.
It all comes down to the quality of the reservior. In addition to the clay issues Shat mentioned, there are other problems - See page 11:
The range in the degree of sphericity for both the Bioturbated and the Lower Clean Sands is low to moderate and it is currently Southern Pacific's opinion that this could be one of the challenges to communication inside the reservoir. The combination of very fine to fine grained, moderately sorted grains creates complex narrow pore throat geometry that can be challenging to migrating clays such as Kaolinite and will certainly form more complex pathways for heated bitumen, lowering overall permeability to oil. Typically elongated grains will prove to be a challenge for vertical permeability due to the stacking arrangement of these grains. The lack of sphericity inhibits any sort of a rolling action by the grains that would help increase production as the steam is injected