Tar sands development by ENPEX

Conference · Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982 · Proc., Intersoc. Energy Convers. Eng. Conf.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5569376

Hertzberg, R; Ellefson, L D; Hojabri, F; Kearney, J P

Over the past two years ENPEX has been involved in a project to develop heavy tar sands deposit in South Texas. Economic feasibility of the project is mainly influenced by two factors: Thermal efficiency of the production technique; and Market value of the recovered bitumen. Steam flooding promises high thermal efficiency and ENPEX's evaluation of tar upgrading processes shows that maximizing the liquid components would have the best chance for achieving best market values for the recovered tar sands bitumen which has a very high sulfur and asphaltene content. An integrated production and upgrading scheme is proposed based on this concept.

• Research Organization: ENPEX Corp., La Jolla, CA
• OSTI ID: 5569376
• Report Number(s): CONF-820814-
• Journal Information: Proc., Intersoc. Energy Convers. Eng. Conf.; (United States), Vol. 2; Conference: 17. Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering conference, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 8 Aug 1982
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
OIL SAND DEPOSITS
ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT
TEXAS
ASPHALTENES
BITUMENS
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
MARKETING RESEARCH
OIL SANDS
RECOVERY
STEAM INJECTION
SULFUR
THERMAL EFFICIENCY
ASPHALTS
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
EFFICIENCY
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENHANCED RECOVERY
FEDERAL REGION VI
FLUID INJECTION
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
MATERIALS
NONMETALS
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
TAR
THERMAL RECOVERY
USA
040400* - Oil Shales & Tar Sands- Oil Production
Recovery
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