The following link is a study by the Canadian government into Energy development and makes a better argument for Quadrise than I ever could. Skip everything except the chapter on oil sands reserves and emerging technologies (which discusses SAGD and others). Remember, a lot of these new technologies can be used with Quadrise's technology to significantly reduce costs(SAGD is already being used with MASR in Total operations at deer creek and others);
I love this line that opens their conclusion;
'The oil sands industry relies heavily on technological innovation to provide more efficient and economic operations.'