The use of a water recycle ratio for controlling at least one Steam AssistedGravityDrainage (SAGD) parameter in a leaky bitumen reservoir. Further, a process tocontrol asteam injection rate for an individual SAGD well pair, in a leaky bitumenreservoirwherein the process replaces a pressure control for an SAGD steam injectionrate with avolume control determined by a Water Recycle Ratio (WRR).
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