Inventors:
James M. Siefkin - Bartlesville OK
Dwight D. Boesiger - Bartlesville OK
Assignee:
Phillips Petroleum Company - Bartlesville OK
International Classification:
C10G 104
Abstract:
A process for recovering oil from oil wet and particularly from oil-wet, acidic tar sands is described in which these sands are subjected to vigorous fluidization in the presence of water, air and a surfactant but in the absence of an extraneous hydrocarbon solvent. This step produces a multiphase mixture including an oil containing froth enabling gravity separation, e. g. in hydrocyclone.