Chemical process to recover hydrocarbons from tar/oil sands and terra

摘要

This is directed to a novel chemical mixture process resulting in the production of an inorganic polymeric water complex with enhanced surface acting agent characteristic derived from the synergistic effects caused by individual chemical mechanisms within the mixture that is capable of separating, extracting and recovering hydrocarbons from tar/oil sands, oil shale, petroleum tailings or other types of terra based hydrocarbons.

主权项

1. A chemical process to separate hydrocarbons from hydrocarbon containing terra, comprising,
contacting hydrocarbon containing terra with water and a surface acting agent, wherein the surface acting agent comprises an aqueous solution having a pH of 12 or greater and comprising an alkali metal hydroxide, ammonium hydroxide, a mineral acid, water and sodium silicate, wherein the contacting forms a slurry blend wherein the hydrocarbon is released from the terra material surface of the hydrocarbon containing terra.