Experience of development of resources of superviscous oils and natural bitumen of Volga-Ural oil-bearing province

Abstract

The total resources of natural bitumen of Tatarstan Republic are given by the estimate of various authors. The studies and pilot works to search for the borehole methods of bitumens extracting, showing the prospects of deposits development with use of thermal methods, are executed. It is noted that the use of wave technologies significantly Improves the development performance of such deposits. A composite program of development of deposits of heavy oils and natural bitumen is developed. Its fundamentals are considered.