A VISCOUS FLUID, SUCH AS HEAVY MINERAL OIL, IS TRANSPORTED THROUGH A PIPELINE

A viscous fluid, such as heavy mineral oil, is transported through a pipeline while surrounded by a stream of an immiscible liquid having a lower viscosity and containing rigid particles or molecules or molecules which can be made elastic or viscoelastic. In a specific claim, the low viscosity liquid is an aqueous solution containing 1000-20,000 ppm of a vinyl alcohol homo- or copolymer.

  • Supplemental Notes:
    • Netherlands Patent Appl. 70,02123, dated August 19, 1970.
  • Corporate Authors:

    Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij NV

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00056440
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
  • Report/Paper Numbers: Patent
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Jul 15 1974 12:00AM