IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company has awarded the first license for its patented steam injection system and production method to Baker Hughes to improve the ...

A study has shown that steamflooding distillation effects would improve crude recovery from thin reservoirs with less viscous crude. Steam distillation means that steam injection will cause some ...

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Saudi Arabia and Chevron Corp. have successfully extracted previously unreachable Saudi crude by injecting steam into oil fields to loosen sludgelike deposits, Chevron ...

Of the various thermal recovery methods in use, steam injection is the most popular because of its reliability. “It’s easy to apply and it has been tested,” says Berna Hascakir, assistant professor in ...

Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) earlier this week signed two major engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts for its Qarm Alam steam-injection project. Petroleum Development Oman (PDO ...