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Visit the following links to learn more about how World Energy Systems has overcome technology barriers preventing economic and environmentally responsible recovery of stranded hydrocarbons:

Next Generation EOR Technologies applied to Shales, Stacked Plays, and Light Tight Oil

World Energy Systems explains the basis of its patented ACIS EOR delivery systems, enabling reservoir mechanisms, and potential production impact on Shales and Light Tight Oil (LTO).

SPE 150515-PP: “Advancing Thermal and Carbon Dioxide Recovery Methods beyond their Conventional Limits: Downhole Innovation”

One of the most comprehensive technical publications on the heavy oil market for enhanced EOR, Middle East Heavy oil EOR projects and historical bottlenecks,  and EOR mechanisms enabled by downhole steam generation technology, along with DHSG modes of operation.

Journal of Petroleum Technology: “Downhole Steam Generation Pushes Recovery Beyond Conventional Limits”.  

A concise synopsis of SPE 150515, including limitations of conventional EOR, DHSG Technology and Operating Modes, and EOR mechanisms of action.

SPE 149500-PP “Benefits and Technical Challenges of Downhole Steam Generation for Enhanced Oil Recovery”

Primary Author Anthony Castrogiovanni, with ACENT Laboratories LLC, inventor of the Advanced Combustion and Injection System (ACIS), reviews recent advances in DHSG technology and a description of potential heavy oil applications using thermal oil recovery modeling and simulation. 

New Technology Magazine: “Into the Deep: Space-age technology offers new hope for subsurface steam generation”.  

Author Maurice Smith discusses the history of downhole steam generators, industry interest, and the technical aspects of the Advanced Combustion and Injection System (ACIS) design, enabling ACIS to overcame historical showstoppers in deep heavy oil extraction.