The Adverse Impact of Muddy Laminae on Conventional SAGD Performance and Improvement Strategy with the Multilateral Well Pattern

Figure 7

SAGD performance with different proportion of the distribution and permeability of the muddy laminae (first distribution mode): (a) cumulative oil production, (b) average daily oil production, (c) steam chamber volume, and (d) cumulative steam oil ratio.

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