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Recovery of oil from Utah's tar sands. Final report 1975-77

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5994680
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Utah has at least 25 billion barrels of potential oil or bitumen existing as tar sands. In this program, methods for extracting the bitumen from the sands, analyzing and characterizing the products, and upgrading the bitumen were studied. In particular, the extraction of bitumen from Utah tar sands by a hot-water digestion and flotation technique and by a thermal, fluidized-bed technique are shown to be feasible.

Research Organization:
Utah Univ., Salt Lake City (USA)
OSTI ID:
5994680
Report Number(s):
PB-294680
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040402* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Surface Methods
BITUMENS
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DECOMPOSITION
DESTRUCTIVE DISTILLATION
DISTILLATION
ENERGY SOURCES
ENGINEERING
FLOTATION
FLUID INJECTION PROCESSES
FLUIDIZED BED
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HOT-WATER PROCESSES
NORTH AMERICA
OIL SANDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PROCESSING
RECOVERY
RESERVOIR ENGINEERING
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION
SEPARATION PROCESSES
TAR
USA
UTAH