| 11. | The processing of bitumen into synthetic crude requires energy, which is currently being generated by burning natural gas.
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| 12. | Petrozuata takes oil that is so heavy it is almost like tar and upgrades it into a synthetic crude.
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| 13. | The energy equivalent of one barrel of oil in natural gas is needed to produce three barrels of synthetic crude.
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| 14. | If all costs are considered, synthetic crude production and transfer using bitumen and an upgrading agent may prove economically unsustainable.
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| 15. | Synthetic crude is an intermediate product produced when an extra-heavy or unconventional oil source is upgraded into a transportable form.
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| 16. | Of that, one million is light or medium crude and the remainder either heavy oil or synthetic crude made from oilsands.
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| 17. | Synbit is more viscous than synthetic crude, but can be a less expensive alternative for transporting heavy oil to a conventional refinery.
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| 18. | "The new technology produces more synthetic crude and less coke ( than existing methods ), " said Bruno Solari, an Intevep official.
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| 19. | If it is built, the pipeline will help export synthetic crude oil from the oil sands to China and elsewhere in the Pacific.
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| 20. | The refinery takes Canadian heavy oil, which can be as thick as tar, and upgrades it into synthetic crude oil and other products.
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