TAR SAND RECOVERY METHOD

Bitumen may be efficiently and economically extracted from tar sand deposits in situ by imbibition flooding. The imbibition flooding is performed in two general steps. First, the tar sand deposits are contacted with a bitumen solvent followed by a soak period to allow imbibition of the solvent. Next...

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Zusammenfassung:Bitumen may be efficiently and economically extracted from tar sand deposits in situ by imbibition flooding. The imbibition flooding is performed in two general steps. First, the tar sand deposits are contacted with a bitumen solvent followed by a soak period to allow imbibition of the solvent. Next, the tar sands are contacted with an aqueous fluid followed by a soak period to allow imbibition. The freed bitumen is then produced by conventional means.