Sperry Drilling Services is helping to improve heavy oil economics for Petrozuata in the Faja del Orinoco field of Eastern Venezuela using its LatchRite multilateral system technology in more than 65 ...

Heavy oil development succeeds or fails on the quality of fluid and reservoir characterization. Accurate measurements of viscosity, gas solubility, asphaltene stability, porosity–permeability, ...

Flue gas assisted steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) is a frontier technology to enhance oil recovery for heavy oil reservoirs. The carbon dioxide generated from the thermal recovery of heavy oil ...

Discover how steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) revolutionizes heavy oil extraction by making deep oil reserves accessible and economically viable.

Venezuela's vast heavy crude reserves look tailor‑made for the complex refineries that line the U.S. Gulf Coast, many of which were built around similar grades from Latin America. Yet the path from ...

The thick heavy crude flowed at a rate of 200 barrels per day from well six at Kuh-e Mond, the most promising of about 20 extra heavy oil reservoirs across the country. Just off Kuh-e Mond are located ...