upgrade
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The Orinoco Oil Belt contains dense, viscous crude that requires blending with lighter hydrocarbons or upgrading to be marketable and transportable.
From Barron's
To make Orinoco oil marketable, producers must blend it with lighter hydrocarbons, known as diluent, or upgrade it into a lighter synthetic crude using large industrial facilities.
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Without blending or upgrading, this oil backs up in the field.
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At the same time, its older infrastructure, such as water lines and septic systems, needs to be upgraded to current codes.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
