Heavy crude and tar sands: Hydrocarbons for the 21st century. Volume 1, Geology, characterization and mining

Conference · Tue Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:10147833

Meyer, R F ^[1]

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1. ed.; Geological Survey, Washington, DC (United States)

Volume 1 is concerned with the geology of the resources and with the mining of those occurring at or near the earth`s surface. The chemical characterization of natural bitumens and heavy oil is the subject of 15 papers. These concentrate on those properties which govern the exploitability and use of these hydrocarbons. Six reports deal with exploration for bitumens and certain aspects of their later development. No less than three of the papers investigate the trace metals and their possible role in comprehending the occurrence of the bitumens and, therefore, the clues they may offer for the location of additional deposits. Another eight reports are concerned directly with the geologic occurrence of specific resource accumulations. These deposits are found in Canada, China, Madagascar, Nigeria, and Venezuela. One report describes a model that may be applied in basin analysis for predicting the composition of heavy oils expelled from the sources rocks of the basin. Additional papers then characterize the resources found in Indonesia, Iran, and the USA. Volume 1 concludes with the reports on the many kinds of bitumen extraction and use. Not only are innovative techniques evolving for the extraction of the material but also for its economic enhancement through the exploitation of coproducts. Ten papers deal with bitumen mining and its present, or prospective, utilization in places like the Mongolia Republic, the State of Utah in the USA, Trinidad in Latin America or Nigeria in Africa. Each paper has been processed separately for the Energy Science and Technology Database.

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG22-91BC14800
• OSTI ID: 10147833
• Report Number(s): CONF-9108240--Vol.1; ON: UN93012088; ISBN 0-7732-0635-3
• Country of Publication: Venezuela
• Language: English

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DRILLING, FRACTURING, AND MINING
EXPLORATION
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NIGERIA
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