Transportation of heavy and extra-heavy
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Rafael MartΓnez-Palou; MarΓa de Lourdes Mosqueira; Beatriz Zapata-RendΓ³n; Elizab
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Article
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2011
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The transportation of heavy and extra-heavy crude oils from the head-well to the refinery is becoming important since their production is currently rising all over the world. Such oils are characterized by a low API gravity (b 20) and high viscosity (N 10 3 cP at 298.15 K) that render difficult oil