in situ combustion

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in situ combustion [in ′si·chü kəm′bəs·chən]

(petroleum engineering)

A method of driving high-viscosity, low-gravity ore otherwise unrecoverable from a formation by setting fire to the oil sand and thereby heating the oil in the horizon to increase its mobility by reducing its viscosity.

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