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The economic potential of domestic tar sands | 1982 | economical potential; domestic tar sands; Utah tar sand deposits; technical recovery potential; recovery estimates; net energy analysis | This report summarizes the analysis of the Utah tar sand deposits (see Exhibit 1) prepared for ERDA/Fossil Energy and the Laramie Energy Research Center. Background Like many oil producing countries, the United States contains considerable deposits of tar sands heavy petroleum (bitumen) that will no... |
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Gilsonite | 1961-06 | glisonite; bitumen; asphalt-based petroleum; glisonite ore | Glisonite is a black, pitch-like substance which occurs in pure form in large veins in the Tertiary sediments of the Uinta Basin. It is a homogenous petroleum substance (technically it is a predominently aromatic asphaltite) which fuses relatively easily and burns like tar. Glisonite is brittle and ... |
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The asphalt and bituminous rock deposits of the United States: Part 1-Director's report and a paper on asphalt and bituminous rock deposits | 1901 | asphalt rock deposits; bitumous rock deposits; classification of hydrocarbons; bitumen; hydrocarbons | In presenting the following account of the asphalt and bituminous rock deposits of the United States, the desire has been to afford a general conception of the nature of the materials discussed, their mode of occurrence, and the stratigraphy and structure of the attendant geology. The information pr... |
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