Getty: producing oil from diatomite
Journal Article
·
· Pacific Oil World; ()
OSTI ID:5393194
Getty Oil Company has developed unconventional oil production techniques which will yield oil from diatomaceous earth. They propose to mine oil-saturated diatomite using open-pit mining methods. Getty's diatomite deposit in the McKittrick field of California is unique because it is cocoa brown and saturated with crude oil. It is classified also as a tightly packed deposit, and oil cannot be extracted by conventional oil field methods.
- OSTI ID:
- 5393194
- Journal Information:
- Pacific Oil World; (), Vol. 74:10
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Getty to tap heavy oil in diatomite
Getty mines oil sands in California
Heavy oil spells boom for California
Journal Article
·
Mon Jan 18 00:00:00 EST 1982
· Oil Gas J.; (United States)
·
OSTI ID:5393194
Getty mines oil sands in California
Journal Article
·
Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1983
· Drilling Contract.; (United States)
·
OSTI ID:5393194
Heavy oil spells boom for California
Journal Article
·
Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981
· Drilling Contract.; (United States)
·
OSTI ID:5393194
Related Subjects
02 PETROLEUM
CALIFORNIA
PETROLEUM DEPOSITS
DIATOMACEOUS EARTH
SURFACE MINING
OIL SATURATION
PETROLEUM
SEPARATION PROCESSES
ENERGY SOURCES
FEDERAL REGION IX
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
MINERAL RESOURCES
MINING
NORTH AMERICA
RESOURCES
SATURATION
USA
020300* - Petroleum- Drilling & Production
CALIFORNIA
PETROLEUM DEPOSITS
DIATOMACEOUS EARTH
SURFACE MINING
OIL SATURATION
PETROLEUM
SEPARATION PROCESSES
ENERGY SOURCES
FEDERAL REGION IX
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
MINERAL RESOURCES
MINING
NORTH AMERICA
RESOURCES
SATURATION
USA
020300* - Petroleum- Drilling & Production