Instructor/s: K.C. Yeung, Suncor Energy Inc.

Who Should Attend: This tutorial is designed for reservoir, petroleum, and exploitation engineers/ technologists who are in involved in heavy oil and SAGD (Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage).

Tutorial Description: In situ recovery of heavy oil and oil sands, especially SAGD (Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage), is one of the high-demand topics these days in the petroleum industry in Alberta. There are many large in situ projects in the Athabasca area—which have come onstream, are currently under construction, or are still in the application stage. This half-day tutorial, given by K.C. Yeung of Suncor Energy Inc., will give a general overview of current in situ recovery methods, particularly SAGD.

Instructor/s: K.C. Yeung is the supervisor of Special Studies, In Situ Operations and Technology, at Suncor Energy Inc. in Calgary. He has been with Suncor over 27 years, working primarily on reservoir engineering and R&D activities in the heavy oil/oil sands area. K.C. has been a key member in all of Suncor’s operations and joint-venture heavy oil projects over the years—including cyclic steam stimulation (CSS), steamflood, in-situ combustion, cold heavy oil production with sand (CHOPS), and steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD). K.C. has, for many years, represented Suncor in various joint research and field in-situ projects. Currently, he is involved in the development of a multi-stage commercial SAGD project at Firebag in the Athabasca area. K.C. was the Conference Chairman of the 2005 Canadian International Petroleum Conference. He is also the president of the Canadian Heavy Oil Association and the chairman of the Computer Modelling Group Foundation.