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Does anyone know much about the company Acceleware? They are testing a tech that is supposed to be getting rid of sagd. They basically microwave the ground to heat it up rather than using steam/water. It seems like a "to good to be true" tech considering they are talking about next to zero emissions and it's cheaper and faster to get production started up.
Just wondering if anyone has any input into the tech, will it work, applications to the real world?
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Devon Canada had a JV with someone on this (Suncor?? Can't quite remember). I worked with the guys a bit that did this project, and they never saw great results. Biggest problem was ferrous material in the soil (whether from the drilling process or otherwise) that would mess with the microwaves.
Or I remembered this all wrong, and I'm talking out of my ass. One of the two.