Ambercore Delivers SAGD Software
Ottawa, Canada, Thursday, July 30, 2009 – Oil companies are always looking for new and innovative ways to extract crude oil. One of the technologies is the Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) enhanced oil recovery technology used to produce heavy crude oil and bitumen. It is an advanced form of steam stimulation in which a pair of horizontal wells is drilled into the oil reservoir, one a few meters above the other. Low pressure steam is continuously injected into the upper wellbore to heat the oil and reduce its viscosity, causing the heated oil to drain into the lower wellbore, where it is pumped out. Developing accurate visualizations of the oil deposit, the wells and the steam chambers are essential for successful operation of SAGD.
SAGD Steam Chambers Visualization with 4D-iQ
Ambercore’s 4D-iQ software is an engineering based decision making support system, designed for in-situ heavy oil projects which use SAGD. An increasing number of SAGD oil producers are complementing their suite of analytical tools with Ambercore’s data integration and visualization solution.
“Being able to integrate and visualize 3D data from many sources is an essential part of the SAGD planning process. Adding Ambercore’s 4D-iQ technology to our customers’ SAGD tools is a definite asset,” said Martin Sendyk, President and CEO of Ambercore, “and we look forward to working closely with our clients on a business as well as a technical level in the SAGD industry.”
About Ambercore
Ambercore is the 4D Company. We make innovative mobile LiDAR technology, we provide LiDAR data collection services, and integrate and extract knowledge from 4D data. TITAN® is a revolutionary technology that produces high accuracy survey and mapping products for corridor and infrastructure projects across a number of vertical markets. Travelling at highway speeds – or on rail or vessel – the system uses state-of-the-art LiDAR, imaging and positioning technology to provide feature rich 3-dimensional data, from which intelligent information is extracted and delivered to clients. TITAN® has been deployed on projects throughout the world since 2003.
Ambercore’s Terrapoint Division has provided LiDAR and other digital mapping services for a diverse clientele in over forty countries for the past twenty years. Terrapoint’s primary focus is to find solutions that fit client needs, and to continue a reputation for meeting and exceeding client demands in the delivery of digital elevation and image data. Service and product offerings include complete airborne LiDAR, and digital imaging for engineering, survey and mapping applications. Terrapoint is considered a leader in aerial LiDAR services, and owns one of the largest fleets of sensors in the world.
Ambercore’s 4D-iQ provides enterprise-scale software and service solutions for Energy, Mining and natural resource sectors. With its powerful spatial modeling and simulation software, 4D-iQ helps clients make important business decisions by collecting, integrating and analyzing spatial information in 2D, 3D and in 4D (over time). Best of breed solutions comprised of software, hardware and services have been deployed internationally with tier-one clients. Ambercore is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada with offices in Houston, Calgary, South Africa and Europe.
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