A variety of enhanced oil recovery methods have been developed and applied to mature and depleted reservoirs in order to improve the efficiency of primary (pressure deleted) and secondary recovery (water flooding) methods. In thermal recovery methods, cyclic steam and hot water injection, steam and hot water flooding, in situ combustion, electrical heating, and electromagnetic heating are used. However, each of these methods is highly energy intensive. Electromagnetic enhanced oil recovery method is a relatively new method and has been of great interest in the recent years. This article presents a critical review of electromagnetic heating of reservoirs for enhanced oil recovery.
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