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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2014
Applicants:
Total E&p Canada, Ltd., Calgary, CA;
Conocophillips Canada Resources Corp., Calgary, CA;
Conocophillips Surmont Partnership, Calgary, CA;
Inventors:
Kevin A. Wilfing, Cochrane, CA;
John L. Stalder, Houston, TX (US);
Assignees:
Total E&P Canada Ltd, Calgary, CA;
ConocoPhillips Resources Corp., Calgary, CA;
ConocoPhillips Surmont Partnership, Calgary, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/30 (2006.01); E21B 43/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/305 (2013.01); E21B 43/2406 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a particularly effective well configuration that can be used for SAGD and other steam based oil recovery methods. A central wellpad originates injector and/or producer wells, arranged in a radial pattern, and either or both provided with multilateral wells, thus effectively expanding the coverage.