US independent ConocoPhillips has started up the second phase of its Surmont steam-assisted gravity drainage oil sands project in Alberta, achieving first steam on Sunday. The start-up of steam, which ...

Flue gas assisted steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) is a frontier technology to enhance oil recovery for heavy oil reservoirs. The carbon dioxide generated from the thermal recovery of heavy oil ...

Horizontal wells, multilateral wells, solvents, steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD), on site upgrading, in situ upgrading, and alternative fuels are some existing and emerging technologies that are ...

In September, Petro-Canada started injecting steam in its $290-million (Can.) MacKay River steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) project that will recover bitumen from oil sands lying at about a ...

Tokyo-based Japan Petroleum Exploration (Japex) said it has started bitumen production from its delayed Hangingstone steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) oil sands project in Alberta. Production ...