Process for production of oil from oil sand

Patent · Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6210673

Horikoshi, K; Nakamura, N; Shibanai, I

A process for the production of oil from oil sand includes adding cyclodextrin or a starch decomposition product containing cyclodextrin to oil sand to convert petroleum in the oil sand to an inclusion compound and separating and collecting petroleum alone from the inclusion compound.

• Assignee: Kyoshin Co Ltd (Japan)
• Patent Number(s): US 4255249
• OSTI ID: 6210673
• Resource Relation: Patent Priority Date: Priority date 5 Apr 1979, Japan
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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