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n crude oils and to determine a set of analytical parameters. Among all parameters, 22 were selected because they are considered to be extremely robust to weathering.From the set of data collected a database was built which was composed by 263 samples from six distinct geographical origins and represented by 22 descriptors. The database was then used to per
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