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Extraction of tar sands or oil shale with organic sulfoxides or sulfones

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6553360

Tar sands and oil shales are extracted with aliphatic or aromatic sulfoxides or sulfones whereby both non-polar organic constituents, e.g., hydrocarbons, and more polar constituents, E.G., phenols, are solubilized and recovered for conventional processing.

Assignee:
Mobil Corp
Patent Number(s):
US 4242195
OSTI ID:
6553360
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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