The work that Canada has done over the last 30 years in heavy oil, going back to the 1970s, is now being adopted fairly broadly under the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas in which all countries in the hemisphere work together. There's a heavy oil working group, and Canadian innovations in heavy oil are now being adopted in countries like Brazil, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, and Colombia. There are a lot of small companies and there is a lot of innovation in these areas. There are also a number of geophysical firms involved in this type of work.
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