Selection of a New IOR/EOR Strategy for the Heavy Oil Brown Field in Kazakhstan

The World experience proved that heavy oil fileds potential is highly dependent on the proper IOR/EOR<br>strategy assigned for the field from the first days of development. This crucial goal becomes additionally<br>complicated when you're handling brown field and are limited in choice of methods.<br>So, the development of IOR/EOR strategy for a heavy oil brown field becomes a serious challenge,<br>especially if the current status of the field development demonstrates the ineffectiveness of the initially<br>applied production methods.