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RAW BITUMEN [1 record]

Record 1 1985-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Asphalts
CONT

... some 38 billion barrels of raw bitumen or 26.5 billion barrels of synthetic crude is forecast ... as being recoverable from the mineable portion of the oil sands.

OBS

raw: Said of a mineral, fuel, or other material in its natural, unprocessed state, as mined.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bitumes
OBS

Construction correcte par analogie à : «Minerai brut, tel qu'il sort de la mine. Pétrole brut, non raffiné.», exemples tirés du Petit Robert, 1985, p. 224 sous la rubrique «brut».

Spanish

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