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Thermal EOR ProcessLimitations :•Oil saturation must be high, and the pay zone should bemore than 15ft thick to minimize the heat losses toadjacent formations.•Lighter, less viscous crude <strong>oil</strong>s can be steam flooded, butnormally they are not if reservoir responds to an ordinarywater flood.•Steam flooding is primarily applicable to viscous <strong>oil</strong> inmassive, high permeability sandstones or unconsolidatedsands.

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