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

Since 2003 prompt and long-term oil prices have been constantly climbing to levels ($70-90/bbl) that have caught many people by surprise. The erosion of large spare capacity in the oil chain and the ...

HOUSTON, Sept. 1-- Several independent producers are attempting to establish shallow, heavy-oil recovery projects in South Texas, Missouri, and Kansas. The planned projects are known as Mega-West in ...

Hong Kong-listed CNOOC Limited has commenced production at the first phase of its Kenli 10-2 heavy oil field project, the largest shallow lithological oilfield offshore China. Kenli 10-2 is located in ...

Chinese offshore operator CNOOC Limited has commenced production at the Luda 5-2 North oilfield Phase 2 development project in Bohai Bay, offshore northern China. Located in the central Bohai Sea in ...