Getty: producing oil from diatomite

Zublin, L

Title: Getty: producing oil from diatomite

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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.

Authors:: Zublin, L

Publication Date:: 1981-10-01

OSTI Identifier:: 5393194

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Pacific Oil World; ()

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 74:10

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 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

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  abstractNote = {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.},

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