Recent government efforts regarding tar sands

Journal Article · Mon Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1980 · Interstate Oil Compact Comm. Com. Bull.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6717973

Pumphrey, D

Conclusions from a workshop on tar sands are discussed. The workshop participants came to 3 conclusions: any oil-impregnated rock that is mined or quarried and then processed on the surface should be considered tar sands; some physical parameter should be used to differentiate tar sands from heavy oils, e.g., viscosity; and the dividing line between tar sands and heavy oil should be a point above which there is not currently significant commercial production. The resulting definition states that tar sand is any consolidated or unconsolidated rock other than coal, oil shale, or gilsonite, that contains a hydrocarbonaceous material with a gas-free viscosity, measured at reservoir temperature, greater than 10,000 cp, or contains a hydrocarbonaceous material that is extracted from the mined or quarried rock. Some consideration of resuming tar sands leasing also is discussed.

• OSTI ID: 6717973
• Journal Information: Interstate Oil Compact Comm. Com. Bull.; (United States), Journal Name: Interstate Oil Compact Comm. Com. Bull.; (United States) Vol. 22:2; ISSN IOCBA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040500* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Properties & Composition
040800 -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Economics
Industrial
& Business Aspects
BITUMENS
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CLASSIFICATION
COMMERCIALIZATION
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
LEASING
MATERIALS
MINING
OIL SAND DEPOSITS
OIL SAND MINING
OIL SANDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM
RESERVOIR TEMPERATURE
TAR
VISCOSITY