Process for recovering and upgrading hydrocarbons from oil shale

Details Process for recovering and upgrading hydrocarbons from oil shale Process for recovering and upgrading hydrocarbons from oil shale

1977-07-08

1979-04-24

Levine, Herbert

Mineral oils: processes and products

Products and compositions

Lubricating oils

208253, C10G 104

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041510682

ABSTRACT:
A process for recovering and upgrading hydrocarbons from oil shale by contacting the oil shale solids in the presence of an acidic or oxidative catalytic substance with a water-containing fluid at a temperature in the range of from at least 705.degree. F., the critical temperature of water, to about 900.degree. F., in the absence of externally supplied hydrogen, wherein the water has a density of at least 0.15 gram per milliliter. Examples of such acidic or oxidative catalytic substance are molecular oxygen, sodium bisulfate, sodium bisulfite, and carbon dioxide.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3948755 (1976-04-01), McCollum et al.
patent: 3997424 (1976-12-01), Wronhart
Long et al., 4/1969, Defensive Publication #700,489.

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