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  1. Producing Horizontal Wells Horizontal wells prove versatile for improved oil recovery

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    Mon, 11 Dec 1995

    … applications illustrates the improved oil recovery potential of this technology. Canada has been a pioneer in IOR with horizontal wells since the late 1970s. Improved oil recovery ( IOR ) horizontal well applications …

  2. Offshore, IOR best hopes for stemming Canada’s conventional oil decline

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    Mon, 12 Jun 2006

    … in offshore exploration and in improved oil recovery ( IOR ) technology offer the best hope ..... technology Technology advances in IOR offer the best hope of stemming ..... renewed commitment to R&D in IOR . A 1 percentage point increase …

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  1. Norway approves Tordis IOR project

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    Wed, 21 Dec 2005

    … Statoil ASA received approval from the Norwegian government for a 2 billion kroner improved oil recovery ( IOR ) project at Tordis oil field in the North Sea. The IOR project, scheduled to start in the second half of 2006, is expected to boost …

  2. Special Report: EOR/Heavy Oil Survey: POINT OF VIEW: SPE IOR conference chair laments lack of R&D funds

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    Mon, 19 Apr 2010

    … Petroleum Engineers Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, to be held ..... recovery with EOR- IOR R&D, he observed ..... greater interest in IOR -EOR as a game-changing ..... gas plays will make IOR and EOR sexy again ..... general chair of the 17th Improved Oil Recovery Symposium (www.speior …

  3. IOR -EOR now offers lowest-cost reserves additions

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    Tue, 22 Apr 2008

    … presentation at the 16th SPE/DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Apr. 21 in Tulsa ..... Tulsa, estimated that IOR -EOR could add reserves for ..... Sandrea also said the target for IOR -EOR remains huge. His estimate ..... without expanding the use of IOR -EOR methods, the ultimate …

  5. Progress in IOR technology, economics deemed critical to staving off world's oil production peak

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    Mon, 4 Aug 2003

    … resource for URA growth via all IOR methods. In the US alone ..... disparity in resource targets for IOR vs. exploration, that would ..... made a bigger impact on the IOR scene in recent years than ..... presented at the SPE/DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium in Tulsa in April …

  6. In-depth gel shows promise in Daqing IOR pilot

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    Mon, 11 Jul 2005

    … formulation. Results showed that CDG can increase oil recovery more than straight polymer flooding and is a viable improved oil recovery process for the Daqing oil field. In Daqing, reservoir heterogeneity combined with its viscous crude causes …

  7. Symposium focuses on IOR technology advances

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    Mon, 20 May 2002

    … Engineers and US Department of Energy 13th Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery last month in Tulsa. Water, steam, and carbon dioxide ..... Venezuela. Simultaneous water-alternating-gas improved oil recovery in Siri field off Denmark, the subject of a paper by …

  8. Statoil starts Gullfaks fields oil production

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    Thu, 8 Feb 2007

    … Skinfaks field and has implemented improved oil recovery techniques to boost oil output ..... Rimfaks production before the IOR project was approximately 17 ..... million boe for Skinfaks and the IOR part of Rimfaks. The recovery ..... 47% with Skinfaks-Rimfaks IOR . Statoil said, "When all …

  9. GLOBAL OIL RESERVES-2: Recovery factors leave EOR plenty of room for growth

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    Mon, 12 Nov 2007

    … EOR on future global oil supplies depends on the disposition to make significant investments over the long term. Successful IOR /EOR projects are long-lived, manpower intensive, may need long lead times to do the R&D vital to the tailoring of the processes …

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