Cold heavy oil production with sand
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Cold heavy oil production with sand (CHOPS) is a technique for extracting difficult heavy crude oil where sand is used as a means enhancing the productivity of the oil well. CHOPS is now used as a "quasi primary" production approach in unconsolidated sandstones. Thousands of wells in Canada are now stably producing oil through CHOPS.[1]
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