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. 2026 Oct 7;18(19):2443. doi: 10.3390/polym18192443
# Project Name Country Region Year Start Year End Reservoir Type Oil Viscosity (mPas) Ref.
1 Aishwariya Lower Fatehgarh India Barmer Basin, Rajasthan 2017 Ongoing/full field Lower Fatehgarh sandstone; moderately viscous oil 10–30 [106]
2 Alaska North Slope (Milne Point) United States Alaska North Slope, Milne Point Field 2018 2020 Unconsolidated sandstone 40–1300 [121]
3 Baytex 14-50-25W3 Canada Saskatchewan (Lloydminster area) 2018 2022+ Lloydminster sandstone ≈2400 [14,124]
4 Bhagyam India Barmer Basin, Rajasthan Pilot 2016; full field 2020 Ongoing Multi-story fluvial sandstone; moderately viscous/bio-degraded zones 15–100; broader field descriptions up to 500 [116]
5 Bohai Bay Block-X/SZ36-1 China Bohai Bay, offshore 2003 June 2019 Strongly heterogeneous heavy oil sandstone [50,113]
6 Canto de Amarao Brazil 2013 Sandstone 50–120 [118,119]
7 Captain EOR United Kingdom Outer Moray Firth, UK North Sea 2011 pilot Ongoing; Stage 2 Offshore, highly permeable sandstone 40–140 [90]
8 Chengdao 22F China Shengli–Bohai offshore 2020 Ongoing Offshore heterogeneous oil reservoir 30–70 [66]
9 Chichimene Fm1 Colombia Llanos Basin, eastern Colombia 2015 At least end-2022 Deep, thick, high-temperature heavy oil sandstone 350–700 [130]
10 Courtenay/Châteaurenard France Paris Basin 1985–1989 November 1993 Elongated sandstone reservoir [122]
11 Daqing (CNPC) China Daqing Oilfield 1990s Ongoing Sandstone 6–11 [29]
12 Diadema (CAPSA) Argentina — 2007 Ongoing Sandstone ≈100 [111]
13 Diadema Pilot Argentina San Jorge Gulf Basin (Diadema Field) 2007 2014 Sandstone, highly stratified fluvial ≈100 [111]
14 East Bodo Canada Alberta side of East Bodo/Cosine 2006 NR Upper Mannville “A”/sandstone 600–2000 [128]
15 East-Messoyakhskoye Russia Arctic Russia, Yamal-Nenets region 2017 2019 Unconsolidated Cenomanian sandstone (PK1-3) ≈111 [131]
16 El Corcobo Norte Argentina 2012 2016+ Sandstone 160–500 [115]
17 EPIC001 Offshore Heavy oil Brazil Offshore Campos Basin (EPIC001) 2023 2024 sandstone — [119]
18 Greater Burgan Wara East Kuwait East Kuwait 2022 Sandstone — [56,57]
19 Greater Burgan Wara PF North Kuwait North/Central Kuwait 2022 Sandstone — [56,57]
20 Greater Burgan Wara West Kuwait West Kuwait 2022 Sandstone — [56,57]
21 HTHS Carbonate-Injectivity Test 1 United Arab Emirates Onshore Abu Dhabi 2019 2019 Heterogeneous carbonate — [55]
22 HTHS Carbonate-Injectivity Test 2 United Arab Emirates Onshore Abu Dhabi 2021 2021 Heterogeneous carbonate — [55]
23 JZ9-3 Polymer/SP Flood China Bohai Bay, offshore 2007 December 2014 Offshore sandstone ≈45 [117]
24 Kalamkas Full-Field Kazakhstan Western Kazakhstan, Mangystau 2014 2026+ sandstone reservoirs ≈23 [103]
25 Mangala Field India Rajasthan (Barmer Basin) ~2013 Ongoing Sandstone (Fatehgarh) 8–22 [61,95]
26 Marmul Oman Southern Oman (Marmul Field) 1986 Present Sandstone (medium-/heavy oil) 80–110 [52]
27 Matzen Field 8TH Austria Vienna Basin (Matzen Field) 2010 ongoing Sandstone reservoir 16–19 [93,96]
28 Mauddud DRCC Kuwait East Kuwait 2023 Ongoing Carbonate — [132]
29 Medicine Hat Glauconitic C (MHGC) Canada South-east Alberta (Medicine Hat) 2012 2018 Basal Quartz Sandstone 240–3000 [98]
30 Minagish Oolite Kuwait West Kuwait 2020 Ongoing Oolitic carbonate ≈2.02 [56,57]
31 Minagish Wara Kuwait West Kuwait 2021 2023 Sandstone — [56,57]
32 Murphy Seal Canada Peace River Arch, Northern Alberta 2010 2016 unconsolidated sand 7000–15,000 [67]
33 NIM-R Polymer Injectivity Trial Oman South Oman 2014 2014 sandstone (clastic), horizontal well 250–800 [101]
34 Nimr-E Multiwell Trial Oman South Oman, Southern Central Salt Basin cutoff 2022 Al-Khlata and Amin clastic reservoirs; 250–800 [100]
35 Dalia & Camelia (Angola) Angola Deep Offshore 2014 Ongoing Sandstone 1–11 [64]
36 Offshore Abu Dhabi Carbonate United Arab Emirates Offshore Abu Dhabi, Arabian Gulf 2014 2014 Lower Cretaceous limestone carbonate — [109]
37 Palogrande-Cebu Colombia Upper Magdalena Valley Basin 2015 2017 Clastic sandstone 9–12 [83]
38 Patos-Marinza & Driza (Albania) Albania Onshore 2013 Ongoing Sandstone 600–1600 [1,71]
39 Pelican Lake Canada Alberta ~2000s Ongoing Heavy oil sandstone 800–80,000 [71]
40 RAUB UB2 LTPIT Kuwait North Kuwait 2021 2022 Sandstone — [56,57]
41 Raudhatain Upper Kuwait North Kuwait 2021 2023 Sandstone — [56,57]
42 Rayoso-Grimbek Argentina Neuquén Basin 2016 Ongoing Sandstone ≈120 [105]
43 Sabriyah Upper B. Kuwait North Kuwait 2019 2022 Sandstone — [56,57]
44 Sabryah Mauddud Kuwait North Kuwait 2022 ongoing — [56,57]
45 Shuanghe Elevated-Temperature Pilot China Henan Oilfield 1994 1996 Thick heterogeneous sandstone ≈70 [127]
46 Sirikit Oil Field Thailand Onshore Thailand 2019 2021 Fluviodeltaic sandstone ≈0.95 [104]
47 South Turgay Pilot Kazakhstan South Turgay Basin 2014 2015+ Multilayer, fractured, heterogeneous sandstone ≈1.68 [108]
48 SZ36-1 Pilot China Liaodong Bay, Bohai Bay, offshore 2006 NR Offshore heavy oil sandstone, deltaic and heterogeneous 13–380 [114]
49 Tambaredjo-Sarah Maria Suriname Guiana Basin, onshore 2008 2012 Heavy oil sandstone reservoir (Tambaredjo T1/T2 sands) 1260–3057 cP (av. 1728 cP) [84]
50 Umm Niqqa Lower Fars-High-Salinity 1-Spot Pilot Kuwait North Kuwait, Umm Niqqa Field (Lower Fars Reservoir) 2019 2019 unconsolidated sandstone — [82]
51 Uzen Kazakhstan Mangystau/Uzen Field 2022 2025 Jurassic sandstone, highly heterogeneous ≈4.5 [59]
52 XJ6 China Xinjiang Oilfield (XJ6 Block) 2013 2015 Strongly heterogeneous multilayer conglomerate — [129]
53 Yariguí–Cantagallo TAP Colombia Middle Magdalena Valley Basin 2020 2023 clastic reservoir with thief zones and preferential flow channels ≈24 [91]
54 Zuata-Petrocedeño Pilot Venezuela Orinoco Oil Belt (Zuata Main Field) 2016 2018? Unconsolidated Miocene sandstone 4000; dead-oil reports 9k–15k [125]