Abstract

This paper presents methods developed to enable the lifting and producing of low-gravity, high-viscosity crude from offshore fields. Relative advantages and disadvantages of several lifting, treating, and transportation methods are discussed. The paper also reviews actual experiences with heavy-oil production offshore southern California, as well as plans for development of newly discovered heavy-oil fields in the Santa Maria basin offshore central California and offshore Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea.

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