Heavy oil developments in the Middle East
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چکیده
Oman is currently a particular “hot spot” for investment in a range of EOR techniques to produce heavy oil, but is much less visible in industry statistics than countries such as Canada and Venezuela. Other countries in the Middle East are encouraged by Oman’s success and, with the additional impetus of increasing oil prices, are becoming more active in heavy oil production. For example, Iran and Iraq have plans to develop several heavy oil fields.
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