Recovery of bitumen from tar sands
Patent
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OSTI ID:5498934
Bitumen is separated from tar sands by contacting the tar sands with a small amount of liquid, heating the liquid treated tar sands to expand the liquid as a vapor thereby reducing the density of the bitumen and separating the bitumen from the remainder of the tar sands on the basis of density.
- Assignee:
- Standard Oil Co.
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4174263
- OSTI ID:
- 5498934
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040402* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Surface Methods
BITUMENS
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
DENSITY
ENERGY SOURCES
EVAPORATION
EXTRACTION
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
LIQUIDS
OIL SANDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PROCESSING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOLVENT EXTRACTION
TAR
040402* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Surface Methods
BITUMENS
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
DENSITY
ENERGY SOURCES
EVAPORATION
EXTRACTION
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
LIQUIDS
OIL SANDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PROCESSING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOLVENT EXTRACTION
TAR