Sub-Product
- Main Product
- Oil Sands
- Segment
- Extractive Industry Products
- Main-Family
- Fossil Hydrocarbons
- Sub-Family
- Liquid Feedstock
- Physical State
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Liquid
- Sub-Product
- Oil Sands
- Alt. Names
- Tar Sands (incorrect); Bituminous Sands
- Description
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Oil Sands are a loose Sand deposit which contain a very viscous form of Petroleum known as Bitumen. Oil Sands are actually found all over the world. A typical Oil Sands deposit in Alberta contains on average about 10% Bitumen, 5% Water and 85% Solids, mostly in the form of coarse Silica Sand. Oil Sands also contain fine solids and clays, typically in the range of 10 to 30% by weight.
Figure 1 - Top: Oil Sands in-situ Extraction of Bitumen and Oil Sands Mining | Bottom: Oils Sands Process
Source: OIL SANDS MAGAZINE, Oil Sands 101: Process Overview
Identifiers
No Identifiers defined
Chemical Data
- Specific Gravity
- 1.08
Crude Data
- API Gravity
- 0.01
- Country
Properties
- Default
- Status
- A
System Info
- Update by
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Kokel, Nicolas - Updated
- 2/26/2023 6:01 PM
- Added by
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Kokel, Nicolas
- Added
- 10/31/2022 8:36 AM
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