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Survey of Energy Resources 2007

Natural Bitumen and Extra-Heavy Oil Country Notes

Madagascar

Bemolanga is the only natural bitumen deposit in Madagascar. It is large and attempts at producing synthetic oil have thus far failed. A large heavy-oil deposit, Tsimiroro, has similarly been the subject of a number of unsuccessful production tests but no extra-heavy oil has been identified in the country.