VOL. XXXII

NO. 3

24-OCTOBER-1988

GENERAL

Venezuela to Launch Fuel Oil/Coal Alternative

The Venezuelan state oil agency Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) is planningshortly to launch a new product on the world energy market - which is claimednot to be oil - that can be used as an alternative to fuel oil and coal infurnaces and for energy generation.

The product, named Orimulsion, is a liquid emulsion of extra-heavy oil ornatural tar with 30% water, produced through the use of a special emulsifyingagent...