sparky wrote:.
looking down the list of topic , I could not see any mention of this geological ressource
http://www.oilfieldwiki.com/wiki/Orinoco_Belt
the Orinoco belt is reported as being the largest deposit of fossile Hydrocarbon discovered so far
the recoverable quantities are stagering , yet nothing much is happening
Everybody agree the stuff is hateful , yet when has it stopped anyone before
the politics also are confused but the US import a far amount of conventional from there already
It puzzle me , is it economics ?
sparky wrote:.
looking down the list of topic , I could not see any mention of this geological ressource
http://www.oilfieldwiki.com/wiki/Orinoco_Belt
the Orinoco belt is reported as being the largest deposit of fossile Hydrocarbon discovered so far
the recoverable quantities are stagering , yet nothing much is happening
Everybody agree the stuff is hateful , yet when has it stopped anyone before
the politics also are confused but the US import a far amount of conventional from there already
It puzzle me , is it economics ?
Venezuela had a development program. One of the products was called Orimulsion, which could be burned in large diesel engines such as those used in ships. There was political disruption a few years ago due to nationalization.
Raw bitumen has an extremely high viscosity and specific gravity between 8 to 10 API gravity, at ambient temperatures and is unsuitable for direct use in conventional power stations. Orimulsion is made by mixing the bitumen with about 30% fresh water and a small amount of surfactant. The result behaves similarly to fuel oil. An alcohol-based surfactant recently replaced the original phenol-based version; improving the transport properties of the fuel and eliminating the health concerns associated with the phenol group of surfactants.
Wärtsilä has extensive experience with firing Orimulsion into medium-speed engines (including a 40 MW demonstration power plant at Vaasa and a 150 MW power plant in Guatemala). Wärtsilä expect that MRC will need similar adaptations.
ROCKMAN wrote:true Pops. But like that line about the one-eyed man being the king in the land of the blind: owning a couple of billion bbls of burnable crap makes you king in the land of the crapless.
ROCKMAN wrote:Pops - But now that you mention it imagine if a N cave dweller has found a rich deposit of bitumen and figured how to make use of it. He Mohr have been considered the Einstein of the clan and gotten all the hot chicks. LOL.
But seriously: think about what you could do with it if the only other tools you had were rocks ands sticks.
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