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tar sand
(redirected from Bituminous sand)

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tar sand
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(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) a sandstone in which hydrocarbons have been trapped; the lighter compounds evaporate, leaving a residue of asphalt in the rock pores
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Tar sands or bituminous sands, are composed of varying combinations of bitumen, clay, sand and water, which is refined into synthetic crude or refined into petroleum products.
Canadian tar sands inspire pipe coating capacity upgrades: Canada's ... by Thurston, Charles W. / Coatings World
Such projects may include oil produced from tar sands, also referred to as oil sands, or bituminous sands, which are a combination of clay, sand, water, and bitumen.
Blacksands Petroleum Announces Unconventional Oil Acquisition by Business Wire
In the past, the cost of producing oil from bituminous sands in these smaller deposits has been prohibitive, however, with the development of new extraction methods the projected recovery costs have been reduced to a level at which oil from bituminous sands can compete with oil from conventional sources," Mr.
Wentworth Energy Closes on Acquisition of Major Utah Oil Sands Project by Business Wire
 
 
 
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