Gulf/Aostra Surmont Project - south Athabasca oil sands deposit, Alberta, Canada
In September 1979, Gulf Canada Resources Inc. and the Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority entered into an agreement to determine the technical, economic and environmental feasibility of recovering bitumen from oil sands utilizing a system of horizontal wells and a steam recovery process. Two methods of access to the bitumen-bearing formation were to be considered: wells drilled from the surface and whipstocked to the horizontal, and wells drilled from tunnels located either above, within, or below the pay zone. It is believed that a horizontal well system is more cost effective, will have better recoveries, and have less environmental impact than a vertical well system. The project site is located ca. 330 km northeast of Edmonton, Alta, in the southern extent of the Athabasca oil sands deposit. The oil-bearing, lower Cretaceous McMurray formation occurs at a depth of 275 m and ranges in thickness from 64 to 87 m. Gross oil pays range in thickness from 25 to 43 m.
- OSTI ID:
- 5725730
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-8206143-
- Journal Information:
- Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull.; (United States), Vol. 66:5; Conference: American Association of Petroleum Geologists and Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists annual convention, Calgary, Canada, 27 Jun 1982
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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OIL SANDS
STEAM INJECTION
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ALBERTA
ATHABASCA DEPOSIT
BITUMENS
CRETACEOUS PERIOD
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STRATIGRAPHY
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
THICKNESS
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CANADA
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
DIMENSIONS
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ENERGY SOURCES
FLUID INJECTION
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GEOLOGIC AGES
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
GEOLOGY
MATERIALS
MESOZOIC ERA
NORTH AMERICA
OIL SAND DEPOSITS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
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