Enhanced Recovery Methods

for Heavy Oil and Tar Sands

James G. Speight, Ph.D., D.Sc.

University of Trinidad and Tobago
Enhanced Recovery Methods for Heavy Oil and Tar Sands

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Speight, J. G.
Enhanced recovery methods for heavy oil and tar sands / James G. Speight.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-1-933762-25-8 : (alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 1-933762-25-X (alk. paper)
1. Enhanced oil recovery. 2. Petroleum. 3. Oil sands. I. Title.
TN871.S665 2009
622'.33827--dc22
2009008232

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