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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2011
Applicants:
Windsong Fang, Houston, TX (US);
Thomas J. Wheeler, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Windsong Fang, Houston, TX (US);
Thomas J. Wheeler, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for accelerating start-up for steam assisted gravity drainage operations comprising the steps of: forming a steam-assisted gravity drainage production well pair comprising an injection well and a production well within a formation; beginning a pre-soaking stage by soaking one or both of the wellbores of the well pair with a solvent; beginning a pre-heating stage by heating the wellbores of the well pair; beginning a squeezing stage by injecting steam into the wellbores of the well pair; and beginning steam-assisted gravity drainage production.