Inventors:
Ronald D. Drake - Arroyo Grande CA, US
Michael Helmut Kobler - Sebastopol CA, US
John David Watson - Evergreen CO, US
Assignee:
OSUM Oil Sands Corp. - Alberta
International Classification:
E21C 41/24
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to the separation of bitumen, such as by the Clark process or by a countercurrent de-sander, in an underground excavation machine, such as a tunnel boring machine.