Orimulsion is a proprietary boiler fuel produced in Venezuela. It is a 70:30 mixture, or emulsion, of bitumen from the Orinoco belt, water and small amounts of surfactant. Orimulsion was hitherto included in OPEC non-conventional oil supply, but production is believed to have ceased from early 2007.

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