Heavy oil and tar sands recovery and upgrading. International technology

Journal Article · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1982 · Energy Technol. Rev.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6082322

Schumacher, M M

This work provides an in-depth assessment of international technology for the recovery and upgrading of heavy crude oil and tar sands. The technologies included are currently in use, under development, or planned; emphasis is placed on post-1978 activities. The heavy oil technologies and processes considered include methods relating to the exploitation of heavy oil reservoirs, such as production from underground workings, all types of improved or enhanced recovery, subsurface extraction, and well rate stimulation. The tar sands section includes sizing the resource base and reviewing and evaluating past, present, and planned research and field developments on processes for mining, producing, extracting, and upgrading very heavy oils recovered from tar sands, e.g., bitumen recovery from tar sands where primary production was impossible because of the oil's high viscosity. 616 references.

• OSTI ID: 6082322
• Journal Information: Energy Technol. Rev.; (United States), Vol. 78
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
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BITUMENS
THERMAL RECOVERY
PETROLEUM
EXPLOITATION
OIL SANDS
OIL WELLS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION
VISCOSITY
VISCOUS FLOW
WELL STIMULATION
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENHANCED RECOVERY
FLUID FLOW
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
MATERIALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
RECOVERY
STIMULATION
TAR
WELLS
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040300 - Oil Shales & Tar Sands- Drilling
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040400 - Oil Shales & Tar Sands- Oil Production
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290500 - Energy Planning & Policy- Research
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