TERTIARY RECOVERY

Technique employed to extract and improve the remaining oil from previously drilled reservoirs where primary and secondary extraction methods are no longer cost efficient. The method has been proven worthwhile in many parts of America including Mississippi, Texas, and Utah where these reservoirs become less desirable since the oil is harder to recover or entails more processing. Although recovering this oil is more costly and possibly not that profitable, it can still become profitable if market prices for oil are significantly high.