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Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), the country s flagship oil and gas exploration and production company, is banking on novel enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technology to harness the sizeable hydrocarbon potential of a field found to contain an extra heavy form of crude.

A total of 18 heavy and extra heavy oil fields have so far been discovered in Iran, including Ferdowsi oil field in the Persian Gulf, which is one of the country's biggest heavy oil fields with proven reserves of more than 31 billion barrels.

Available options include programmable logic controllers for automation of the mixing cycle, a complete panel with power integrator, a temperature and speed recorder, PC compatible, variable speed, extra heavy duty drives, batch discharge with slide door, two- or four-wing rotors, special wear resistance hard surfacing of internal parts of the mixing chamber, no lubrication dust seals, variable pressure dust seals, process oil injectors, hydraulic hoppers, fire protection for silicone mixing and a temperature control unit.

The technology to utilize extra heavy oil, whose global reserves are estimated to be almost equivalent to those of crude oil, was developed in conjunction with the International Center for Environmental Technology Transfer (ICETT) in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, it said.

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A total of 18 heavy and extra heavy oil fields have thus far been discovered in Iran, including Ferdowsi oil field in the Persian Gulf, which is one of the country's biggest heavy oil fields with proven reserves of more than 31 billion barrels.