if a producer wants to pipeline a very viscous crude, then the easiest, cheapest thing to do is to dilute it with a much lighter crude or a refined, lighter hydrocarbon. trucking or heating pipelines is more expensive and burns product. Diluting just delays the refining of the diluent.
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