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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2024
Applicant:
Conocophillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Alex Filstein, Houston, TX (US);
Javier Sanchez, Houston, TX (US);
Julian Ortiz Arango, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/24 (2006.01); E21B 43/16 (2006.01); E21B 43/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/2406 (2013.01); E21B 43/164 (2013.01); E21B 43/168 (2013.01); E21B 43/305 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for producing heavy oil while reducing steam usage, the method including producing oil by SAGD or a SAGD variant in an array of wellpairs until an SOR increases, then shutting in every other injector and injecting steam plus noncondensable gas (NCG) in the remaining injectors and producing oil from all producers.
Filstein, Alex. (2026). Late life steam drive and gas strategy (U.S. Patent No. 12553322). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12553322
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