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Thermal Recovery of Oil and Bitumen Roger M. Butler
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In situ (in place recovery or without excavation) is currently being done using steam injection with well recovery to heat and mobilize the goo. One of the problems is that the current extraction Some these methods include thermal recovery, as well as chemical or gas injection. Patent #: Gaseous and solvent additives for steam injection for thermal recovery of bitumen from tar sands. We would have had the best oil reservoir in the world sitting right here.” As it is, the resource is heavy. Image I recently got the chance to tag along with a group of journalism fellows on a tour of some oil sands production sites in Alberta, which is home to almost all of Canada's oil sands reserves.The Canadian oil They are a mix of naturally occurring bitumen, sticky oil and abrasive sand. Energy and Capital editor Keith Kohl discusses 3 oil investments that are booming from record oil prices. Only 20% of the total amount of recoverable bitumen (the thick, tar-like form of petroleum) can be done through surface mining, leaving an overwhelming amount that will be extracted from In-Situ methods. There has been an increase in the exploration of unconventional crude oils, which almost equal global conventional oil reserves - from bitumen through to heavy oils. The process is a non-thermal, mechanical land chemical closed-loop process to recover bitumen, and the chemical used in the process is non-toxic and biodegradable. Zones too thin for traditional thermal recovery. Method of in-situ recovery of viscous oils or bitumen utilizing a thermal recovery fluid and carbon dioxide.