Eni slurry technology (EST) offers an attractive solution to maximise the heavy oil conversion to distillates limiting the by-product production to less than 2 percent. The proven reserves of extra-heavy crude oils in the Orinoco Belt exceed 100 billion bbls. In Canada the estimated recoverable oil reserves from the oil sands bitumen are in excess of 300 billion.
Eni slurry technology (EST) offers an attractive solution to maximise the heavy oil conversion to distillates limiting the by-product production to less than 2 percent. The proven reserves o…