an embodiment u201d or similar language means that a particular feature structure or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present invention thus appearances of the phrases u201c in one embodiment u201d u201c in an embodiment u201d and similar language throughout this specification may but do not necessarily all refer to the same embodiment the described features structures or characteristics of the invention may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments in the following description numerous specific details are recited to provide a thorough understanding of embodiments of the invention one skilled in the relevant art will recognize however that the invention may be practiced without one or more of the specific details or with other methods components materials and so forth in other instances well known structures materials or operations are not shown or described in detail to avoid obscuring aspects of the invention as a result of the problems described i was able to discover and perfect novel formulations which can be used to extract retrieve and recover the following thin crude oils oil based tar sands and allow the recovery of crude oil from u201c oil rock u201d oils impregnated or bound by sandstone or other naturally occurring aggregates.