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RECUPERATION IN SITU [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Asphalts
  • Oil and Natural Gas Extraction
  • Underground Mining
  • Bitumen and Bituminous Shales
DEF

The process of recovering crude bitumen from oil sands other than by surface mining.

CONT

This property, together with the deposit depths prohibits the use of mining techniques but makes the [heavy oil] deposits increasingly accruable to thermal methods of in situ recovery.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bitumes
  • Extraction du pétrole et du gaz naturel
  • Exploitation minière souterraine
  • Exploitation des schistes bitumineux
DEF

Technique de récupération du bitume brut des sables pétrolifères, autrement que par l'exploitation à ciel ouvert.

CONT

La technologie mise en œuvre pour la récupération des bitumes asphaltiques et les pétroles lourds se divise en deux catégories principales : a) exploitation minière à ciel ouvert et b) récupération in situ.

Spanish

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