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Originally Posted by GGG
It means to stop producing oil.
So Sagd it means turning off the steam gens and closing the producers and letting the resivoirs slowly cool and de pressurize. This makes it more difficult to regain production and may permenantly lower the total production from the well long term.
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My understanding is that the costs to restart Sagd is astronomically high, so I'm sure that is factored into the overall timing of pulling the pin. I'm sure there are lots of engineers here that can chime in.
The fuel cost, and carbon footprint of having to reheat the entire system can't be insignificant. And if there is risk of long term production degradation, risky to say the least.