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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2007
John E. Arthur, Calgary, CA;
Simon D. Gittins, Bragg Creek, CA;
Harbir S. Chhina, Calgary, CA;
Encana Corporation, Calgary, Alberta, CA;
Abstract
A method for recovering hydrocarbons from a subterranean reservoir by operating a first injector-producer well pair under a substantially gravity-controlled recovery process, the first injector-producer well pair forming a first mobilized zone, operating a second injector-producer well pair under a substantially gravity-controlled recovery process, the second injector-producer well pair forming a second mobilized zone, the first injector-producer well pair and the second injector-producer well pair together being the adjacent well pairs, providing an infill well in a bypassed region, the bypassed region formed between the adjacent well pairs when the first mobilized zone and the second mobilized zone merge to form a common mobilized zone, operating the infill well to establish fluid communication between the infill well and the common mobilized zone, operating the infill well and the adjacent well pairs under a substantially gravity-controlled recovery process, and recovering hydrocarbons from the infill well.