A new direction of increasing the efficiency of oil production from bitumen
Oil production and use have become a priority element in ensuring the existence of human society and one of the main areas of research. Despite the abundance of publications on this topic, there is a gap in the development. Available publications don't contain information about the possibility of obtaining associated goods, which could reduce production costs. The aim of the study is to fill the gap by searching for technology that provides the opportunity to obtain associated marketable products in the form of metals. The research methodology used to achieve the goal combines the methods of systematizing and analyzing the available data on oil production technology and metal leaching technology with an integrated technology assessment at the expert assessment level. The results of the study include a proposal for the extraction of metals from oil-bearing rocks by leaching methods. The essence and mechanism of a fundamentally new technology for mining reserves of oil fields by leaching metals from ores during the integration of underground processes of oil pyrolysis and leaching of metals from oil-bearing rocks, combining the possibilities of mine-borehole development and physicochemical leaching processes, are described. The advantages of the new technology are formulated. The obtained results provide an answer to the objectives of the study and indicate the achievement of the goal.