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Treatment of Green River oil shale by carbon dioxide and water: evidence for association of bitumen and carbonate materials

✍ Scribed by George F. Vandegrift; Randall E. Winans; E. Philip Horwitz

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1980
Tongue: English
Weight: 371 KB
Volume: 59
Category: Article
ISSN: 0016-2361
DOI: 10.1016/0016-2361(80)90125-8

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✦ Synopsis

The use of CO2 under pressure to disaggregate the mineral matrix of Green River oil shale has been studied. The degree of disaggregation was measured by changes in particle size distribution and the amount and constituency of the bitumen released after treatment. Although the effectiveness of this technique was minimal, it did afford greater insight into the physical and chemical characteristics of Green River oil shale, and provided further evidence for the strong association of bitumen, kerogen, and minerals through carboxylic acids, acting as coupling agents.

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