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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 1980
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
John F Patzer, II, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Gulf Research & Development Company, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
208 / ;
Abstract
A process for recovering oil from oil shale containing kerogen which comprises bringing a mixture of oil shale and solvent to a temperature in the range of about 385.degree. to about 440.degree. C. in a time period of less than about 10 minutes, maintaining said mixture at a temperature in the range of about 385.degree. to about 440.degree. C. and a pressure in the range of about 250 to about 2000 pounds per square inch gauge (about 1.72 MPa to about 13.8 MPa) for a period of about 20 minutes to about two hours and thereafter recovering the resulting oil.