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Technologies for Heavy Oil Transportation by drramsay is a document available to read on EtoBox.
What is Technologies for Heavy Oil Transportation about?
This document reviews technologies for transporting heavy crude oil and bitumen via pipelines. It discusses how pipelines are commonly used to transport over 95% of heavy crude oil produced in Canada and Venezuela. However, moving heavy crude oil and bitumen via pipeline is challenging due to their high viscosity. The document reviews several technologies aimed at improving flow properties to reduce viscosity and lower pumping costs, including preheating, dilution with lighter hydrocarbons, emulsification,
- Author
- drramsay
- Language
- EN