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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2015
Applicant:
Conocophillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/16 (2006.01); E21B 43/24 (2006.01); E21B 43/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/2408 (2013.01); E21B 43/164 (2013.01); E21B 43/166 (2013.01); E21B 43/305 (2013.01);
Abstract
Producing hydrocarbons by steam assisted gravity drainage, more particularly utilizing conventional horizontal wellpair configuration of SAGD in conjunction of infill production wells the production wells comprising two or more fishbone lateral wells to inject steam initially and then switch to NCG-steam coinjection after establishing thermal communication between the thermal chamber and infill well.