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Tar sand technology status report | 1990-01 | tar sand; technology status report; domestic tar sand resource | The total, domestic tar sand resource is estimated to be about 60 billion barrels and is geographically scattered and geologically diverse. The domestic resource is consolidated and oil wet, that is, the sand grains are cemented together and the oil sticks directly to the sand grains. Tar sand bitum... |
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Tar sand: Technology status report | 1990-01 | tar sand; technology status report; gas-free bitumen; tar sand bitumen | Tar Sand is defined as any consolidated or unconsolidated rock, exclusive of coal, gilsonite, or oil shale, that contains a hydrocarbonaceous material with a gas-free bitumen viscosity greater than 10,000 centipoise (cP) at reservoir temperatures. Figure 1 graphically relates tar sand to heavy and l... |