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Heavy Oil Recovery and the Strategic Decisions That Need to be Made

January 30, 2008 Category: Technology Tags: , , , , , ,
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By Kambiz Safinya

The question is not how much heavy oil is in the ground, but how much of it can be recovered. For Canada’s heavy oil operators – those who could make Canada the world’s fifth-largest producer by 2015 – the answer depends on the efficiency of their recovery plans More →

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