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1 | Apparatus for separating organic material from particulate tar sands and coal and agglomeration of the particulate residue | 1976-10-05 | Patent; Tar sands; Coal; Agglomeration of particle residue; Agglomerating liquid; Immiscible; Varsol; Ball agglomerates | A rotatable drum having an interior which tapers in a horizontal direction has a first port at the smaller end for receiving particulate Tar Sands or coal, and an agglomerating liquid, e.g. water, and a second port at the larger end for receiving an organic material separating liquid, e.g. Varsol, w... | |
2 | Availability of tar sands on public land: An overview | 2006-09-21 | Tar sands; public lands; Utah; Leasing on federal lands; Hydrocarbonaceous material; Oil shale; Tar sand development | Presentation summary: 1-Provide an overview of Utah Tar Sand Resources 2-Provide historical summary Tar Sand Leasing on Federal Lands; -Early leasing efforts-1960, -Combined Hydrocarbon Leasing-1981, -Energy Policy Act of 2005 3-Outline current leasing process | |
3 | Bitumen recovery from tar sands | 1984-09-11 | Patent; Bitumen recovery; Tar sands; Kerosene; Flotation cell; Bitumen | A process for recovering bitumen from tar sands wherein the tar sands are pretreated with a diluent, such as kerosene in the preferred embodiment, to lower the viscosity of the bitumen such that it is in the range of about 5 to about 20 poise at the digestion temperature. The tar sands are then dige... | |
4 | Commercial oil shale leasing under the energy policy act: An analysis of when, where, and how | 2008-03-12 | Oil shale; Oil sands; PEIS; EPA; BLM; FLPMA; RD&D; Research, Demonstration, & Development; Tar sands; Utah; Colorado; Wyoming | Discussion of the alternatives for oil shale development outlined in the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement issued by the Bureau of Land Management. | |
5 | Current activity in oil production from U.S. tar sands | 1979-06-12 | Oil Production; U.S. tar sands; UNITAR; Oil shale; Tar sands; Utah; Oil recovery; Heavy oil; Gas; Hydrocarbon material; Viscous crudes; Oil deposits; Texas; California; New Mexico; Kentucky | In a 1978 paper "Important for the Future" issued by UNITAR, reference was made to a quotation from a study by Resources for the Future, entitled "Energy in the American Economy: 1850-1975," by Messrs. Schurr and Netschert. The quotation is: "Relatively simple calculations of the volume of oil shale... | |
6 | Method of recovering viscous petroleum from tar sand | 1976-11-30 | Patent; Viscous petroleum recovery; Tar sands | Recovery of viscous petroleum such as from tar sands is assisted using a substantially vertical passage from the earth's surface which penetrates the tar sand and has extending therefrom a lateral hole containing a flow path isolated from the tar sand for circulating a hot fluid to and from the vert... |