胡锦涛访南美将强化中国核心利益

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VOA Chinese, Apr. 7, 2010.
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/americas/Hu_south_america_visit_20100407-90121607.html

My comment: What is interesting in this report is this statement: 乔治华盛顿大学副教授贡萨洛·帕斯(Gonzalo Paz)说：“提炼很难，能够处理委内瑞拉生产重油的炼油设施，大部分都在美国东岸，其他地区能够处理重油的炼油厂很少。"

(a) Orinoco Belt is on the north shore of Orinoco River. See the map in

Michael J. Economides and Xiomara Sangronis, The End of Privatization for Venezuela's Oil. Energy Tribune, May 2, 2007.
http://www.energytribune.com/articles.cfm?aid=477

(b) Heavy crude oil
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_crude_oil

Quote:

"Heavy crude oil or extra heavy crude oil is any type of crude oil which does not flow easily. It is referred to as "heavy" because its density or specific gravity is higher than that of light crude oil.

"Production, transportation, and refining of heavy crude oil present special challenges compared to light crude oil. The largest reserves of heavy oil in the world are located north of the Orinoco river in Venezuela

(c) Not just China, Russia is also invited (by Venezuela) to develop Orinoco Belt.

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