Priveden material po vysokovyazkim neftyam, prirodnym bitumam i bitumonosnym porodam. Dana otsenka ikh resursov, priveden analiz ikh khimicheskogo sostava i fiziko-khimicheskikh kharakteristik, znanie kotorykh imeet opredelyayushchee znachenie dlya vybora optimal'noy tekhnologicheskoy skhemy ikh podgotovki, transportirovki i pererabotki. Dan obzor sushchestvuyushchikh metodov razrabotki mestorozhdeniy trudnoizvlekaemykh neftey i bitumonosnykh porod. Proanalizirovany sushchestvuyushchie metody pererabotki netraditsionnogo uglevodorodnogo syr'ya s uchetom osobennostey ikh fiziko-khimicheskikh svoystv. Pokazano, chto glavnoy tsel'yu yavlyaetsya razrabotka tekhnologiy, pozvolyayushchikh pri malykh kapital'nykh i ekspluatatsionnykh zatratakh poluchat' maksimal'nyy assortiment tovarnykh produktov s vysokoy otpusknoy tsenoy. Rassmotreny takzhe problemy, voznikayushchie pri transportirovke vysokovyazkikh neftey i prirodnykh bitumov, i metody ikh resheniya. Kniga prednaznachena dlya ispol'zovaniya v protsesse podgotovki bakalavrov, magistrov, aspirantov, vypolnyayushchikh nauchno-issledovatel'skie raboty v dannoy oblasti, a takzhe dlya spetsialistov, zanimayushchikhsya razrabotkoy tekhnologicheskikh resheniy dannoy problemy.