The present state of oil content and prospects for production of high-viscous oil in the Republic of Kazakhstan
The state of the raw material base of the Republic of Kazakhstan is described and discussed problems of heavy high-viscous oil extraction are touched. The possibility of implementing the technology of "cold" extraction of heavy oil with sand withdrawal at Karajanbas field is analyzed. It is shown that under certain geological-physical and economic conditions this technology is effective for intensification and regulation of the development process.