Drive to produce heavy crude prompts variety of transportation methods

Oil and Gas Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 43, 1998, Pages 59-74

  Núñez, Gustave A ^a   Rivas, H J ^a   Joseph, D D ^b  

^a PDVSA INTEVEP   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY OIL; PIPELINE; TRANSPORT;

OIL PRODUCTION; PIPELINE; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

EID: 0032569730     PISSN: 00301388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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