COMPLETION PROCEDURE FOR PADS SUBJECTED TO THERMAL STEAM STIMULATION

摘要

A method for the production of bitumens from a subterranean reservoir which is penetrated by a plurality of spaced apart wells. In particular, horizontal fractures are formed in the reservoir by injecting high-pressure fluid through the wells. The levels at which the fluid is injected into the reservoir are spaced apart vertically so that a horizontal fracture formed from a first well does not intersect a horizontal fracture formed from a second well. By using this method, well-to-well communication of the fluid along the horizontal fracturing is prevented and the mobilizing effects of the fluid are more uniformly distributed through the reservoir, improving the efficiency of bitumens production from the wells.