Pit and backfill: Getty's plan for a diatomite zone in an oil patch. [Dravo Process]

Title: Pit and backfill: Getty's plan for a diatomite zone in an oil patch. [Dravo Process]

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Getty Oil Co. is investigating the recovery of oil from a diatomite deposit in California's McKittrick oil field, using a pair of newly built pilot plants - one a Dravo solvent extraction train and the other a Lurgi-Ruhrgas retort-condenser system. Both are sized to process approximately 240 short tons/day of mined feed, and each will be separately campaigned for a year during the evaluation program. The diatomite project has a number of advantages as a mine and materials-handling project compared to oil shale and tar sands. The deposit is soft, and in-transit handling will probably perform much of the necessary crushing for the plant. The material is light, approximately 100 lb/cu ft in place and 90 lb/cu ft broken. The near-surface location contrasts to the more deeply buried oil shale deposits in other areas of the nation. At the same time, the traction surface and structural bearing strength for heavy earth movers should be somewhat better in diatomite.

Publication Date:: Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI Identifier:: 5502286

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Eng. Min. J.; (United States)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 182:6

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS; CALIFORNIA; OIL SHALE MINING; OIL SHALE PROCESSING PLANTS; PLANNING; PERFORMANCE TESTING; BULK DENSITY; COMMINUTION; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; LURGI-RUHRGAS PROCESS; MATERIALS HANDLING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OIL SHALES; PILOT PLANTS; SEPARATION PROCESSES; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SURFACE MINING; TRANSPORT; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; DENSITY; ENERGY SOURCES; EXTRACTION; FEDERAL REGION IX; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; FUNCTIONAL MODELS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; MATERIALS; MINING; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; TESTING; USA; 040300* - Oil Shales & Tar Sands- Drilling, Fracturing & Mining; 040402 - Oil Shales & Tar Sands- Surface Methods

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  abstractNote = {Getty Oil Co. is investigating the recovery of oil from a diatomite deposit in California's McKittrick oil field, using a pair of newly built pilot plants - one a Dravo solvent extraction train and the other a Lurgi-Ruhrgas retort-condenser system. Both are sized to process approximately 240 short tons/day of mined feed, and each will be separately campaigned for a year during the evaluation program. The diatomite project has a number of advantages as a mine and materials-handling project compared to oil shale and tar sands. The deposit is soft, and in-transit handling will probably perform much of the necessary crushing for the plant. The material is light, approximately 100 lb/cu ft in place and 90 lb/cu ft broken. The near-surface location contrasts to the more deeply buried oil shale deposits in other areas of the nation. At the same time, the traction surface and structural bearing strength for heavy earth movers should be somewhat better in diatomite.},

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