METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING PRESSURE IN A GAS CAP AND RECOVERING HEAVY OIL

摘要

Methods and systems are disclosed for managing pressure and recovering heavy oil. A method may include providing a gas cap injection well in a gas cap raising a gas cap pressure in the gas cap to a target pressure by injecting a non-condensable gas into the gas cap via the gas cap injection well and maintaining the gas cap pressure at the target pressure by at least one of (i) injecting the non-condensable gas into the gas cap via the gas cap injection well and (ii) producing gas from the gas cap through the gas cap injection well.