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

Table 1

Typical reservoir characteristics of MacKay River oil sands.

Item	Value
Initial reservoir temperature (°C)	6
Initial reservoir pressure (kPa)	220
Initial oil saturation (fraction)	0.8
Thickness (m)	20
Porosity (fraction)	0.34
Horizontal permeability of sand stone (mD)	2600
Ratio of vertical permeability to horizontal permeability (fraction)	0.3
Formation compressibility (1/kPa)
Rock heat capacity (J/(m^3·°C))
Rock thermal conductivity (J/(m^3·°C))
Bitumen thermal conductivity (J/(m^3·°C))
Water thermal conductivity (J/(m^3·°C))
Gas thermal conductivity (J/(m^3·°C))