Petroleum Production
In situ refers to recovery techniques which apply heat or solvents to heavy crude oil or bitumen reservoirs beneath the earth's crust. There are several varieties of in situ techniques, but the ones which work best in the oil sands use heat (steam).
The most common type of In Situ petroleum production is referred to as SAGD (Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage) this is becoming very popular in the Alberta Oil Sands.
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