Process for recovering and upgrading hydrocarbons from tar sands
US4005005A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 4, 1976 |
| Grant date | Jan 25, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 4, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S208/952
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for recovering and upgrading hydrocarbons from tar sands by contacting the tar sands with a dense-water-containing fluid at a temperature in the range of from about 600.degree. F. to about 900.degree. F. in the absence of an externally supplied catalyst and hydrogen, and wherein the density of the water in said fluid is at least 0.10 gram per milliliter.
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