World heavy oil and bitumen riches - update 1983: Part two, production

Journal Article · Wed Jun 08 04:00:00 EDT 1983 · Energy Detente; (United States)

OSTI ID:6175956

Despite world recession, overabundance of conventional oil and light product supplies, softer oil prices, and certain important reversals in development policies, worldwide production of heavy and extra-heavy crude oil increased 11.3% in 1982 compared to 1981; latest 1983 data confirm this trend. For the top ten heavy-oil-producing nations, the increase was 17.7% over the same period, mainly due to increases in Venezuela, Mexico, and Nigeria. In 1981, world heavy and extra-heavy crude production was 6.1% of world conventional oil production; in 1982 it increased to 7.2%. Bitumen production in Canada, the only country with 1982 production figures, increased 46% over 1981. It is probable that further technological advances and experimentation in other countries, including the Soviet Union, have resulted in other bitumen production increases as well. Although multinational cooperation in research for extraction, upgrading, and transportation of heavy crudes and bitumens has not grown to the extent that many industry experts had hoped, several broad areas of cooperation stand supported and many of them have been strengthened. Such progress in the face of economic and political uncertainties are demonstrations of world leadership for the next petroleum age. This issue presents the Energy Detente fuel price/tax series and industrial fuel prices for June 1983 for countries of the Eastern Hemisphere.

• OSTI ID: 6175956
• Journal Information: Energy Detente; (United States), Journal Name: Energy Detente; (United States) Vol. 4:11; ISSN EDETD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English and Spanish

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CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
COAL
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ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
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GLOBAL ASPECTS
INFORMATION
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NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
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PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PRICES
PRODUCTION
STATISTICAL DATA
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