Oil and gas companies will adopt novel EOR methods, including solar EOR, as they seek to recover oil from technically challenging resources. Tertiary methods such as thermal enhanced oil recovery (EOR), steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD), gas injection and chemical injection can help boost the North American thermal EOR market, according to a recent Frost & Sullivan report ” North American Thermal Enhanced Oil Recovery Market “. California’s heavy oil production and exploration frontiers such as Canada’s oil sands have created an expansive market for thermal EOR in North America. Frost & Sullivan reports that oil production from thermal EOR in North America was 2.53 million barrels per day in 2013, and expects to reach 4.64 million barrels per day in 2020. SAGD is expected to be the highest revenue contributor, followed by steam injection. Other thermal EOR methods are still nascent, Frost & Sullivan said in a Feb. 9 […]