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heavy oil

Serbo-Croat translation: teška nafta

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English term or phrase:heavy oil
Serbo-Croat translation:teška nafta
Entered by: Bogdan Petrovic

18:04 Jun 8, 2006
English to Serbo-Croat translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Petroleum Eng/Sci
English term or phrase: heavy oil
Bankers Petroleum has already worked on a project of similar scope in neighbouring Albania, investing $20m there, company president Richard Wordsworth noted. As of April, the company was pumping over 2,900 barrels of oil per day at the Patos Marinza field in Albania -- Europe's largest onshore heavy oil field, according to Financial Insights.
Bogdan Petrovic
Serbia
Local time: 06:18
teška nafta
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Heavy oil is a type of crude oil which is very viscous and does not flow easily. The common characteristic properties are high specific
oilbucket.jpg (10508 bytes)

gravity, low hydrogen to carbon ratios, high carbon residues, and high contents of asphaltenes, heavy metal, sulphur and nitrogen.

Specialized refining processing is required to produce more useful fractions, such as: naphtha, kerosene, and gas oil.
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teška nafta


Explanation:
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Note added at 9 mins (2006-06-08 18:14:17 GMT)
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Heavy oil is a type of crude oil which is very viscous and does not flow easily. The common characteristic properties are high specific
oilbucket.jpg (10508 bytes)

gravity, low hydrogen to carbon ratios, high carbon residues, and high contents of asphaltenes, heavy metal, sulphur and nitrogen.

Specialized refining processing is required to produce more useful fractions, such as: naphtha, kerosene, and gas oil.


    Reference: http://www.danas.co.yu/20021026/vojvodina.htm
    Reference: http://www.irna.ir/sr/news/view/menu-356/0606016203113648.ht...
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