Technologies for the development of high-viscosity oil fields

With the depletion of light oil reserves, the share of current reserves of viscous and high-viscosity oil will increase, therefore, the search for effective methods for the development of deposits of high-viscosity oil is a natural direction for the development of the oil industry. Currently, thermal methods of exposure are widely used in the development of deposits of high-viscosity oil. Despite the fairly good efficiency of this method, thermal exposure technologies are characterized by high energy intensity, which in some cases can significantly reduce the economic attractiveness of the method. This issue is particularly acute in the context of a decline in world oil prices.