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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2014
Nexen Energy Ulc, Calgary, CA;
Richard Kelso Kerr, Calgary, CA;
NEXEN ENERGY ULC, Calgary, Alberta, CA;
Abstract
A process to recover hydrocarbons from a hydrocarbon reservoir, namely bitumen (API<10; in situ viscosity>100,000 c.p.), said process comprising; establishing a horizontal production well in said reservoir; separately injecting an oxygen-containing gas and steam into the hydrocarbon reservoir continuously to cause heated hydrocarbons and water to drain, by gravity, to the horizontal production well, the ratio of oxygen/steam injectant gases being controlled in the range from 0.05 to 1.00 (v/v). removing non-condensable combustion gases from at least one separate vent-gas well, which is established in the reservoir to avoid undesirable pressures in the reservoir.