Solutions | By applicationsSteam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD)
Steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) has emerged as the most economically attractive thermal recovery process. Thermal monitoring all along the SAGD well-bore is required to enhance efficiencies and reduce environmental impact of these operations, however conventional monitoring tools such as thermocouples are difficult to scale, or in the case of legacy fiber optics, are challenged to operate reliably in the high temperature SAGD environment. LxDATA has introduced the LxIQTM thermal monitoring system based on proprietary optical sensor array technology that addresses these challenges, offering full representation of the well-bore with unrivaled data quality and service life. The LxIQTM platform allows for flexible placement of sensors to achieve real-time, 3-dimensional thermal profiling of the well. Such thermal monitoring over time allows for a step change in visualization and simulation tools to augment SAGD production, leading to significant improvements in production efficiencies and economics, and reduction of carbon emissions and land/water use.
