Cyclic steam injection is a common method of oil extraction in California in which steam is injected at high pressure into a heavy-oil formation. The process is largely unregulated and has been blamed ...

In June 2011, a sinkhole of super-heated earth opened up and swallowed an oilfield worker in Kern County. That field had been producing heavy oil for decades utilizing a high-pressure production ...

BAKERSFIELD — On the morning of the day he died, David Taylor and his crew were looking for a “chimney” — a fissure in the earth where steam and oil periodically spurted into the air in an oil field ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday placed a moratorium on new permits for potentially dangerous oil drilling techniques, which officials said are linked to illegal spills across the Central ...

Designed for highly viscous (heavy) oil requiring thermal stimulation, V-Cone steam-injection flow meter supports enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technologies that produce heavy oil from demanding ...

Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has selected Dubai-based Dodsal for the $1,000 million-plus Qarn Alam steam injection contract. Subscribe or upgrade your current MEED.com package to support your ...