The invention relates to a process for preparing a highly loaded adsorbent
by extracting an oil from an oil crude product using supercritical fluid
extraction to obtain a loaded supercritical fluid (SCF). The loaded SCF is
expanded, followed by heating to obtain a liquid phase and an in-loading
reduced SCF phase. Optionally, the pressure is decreased and/or the
temperature of the SCF is raised to conditions of adsorption. The SCF is
introduced into a fixed bed adsorber to obtain an adsorbent loaded with
the purified oil and pure SCF. The liquid phase is fed as a reflux to the
extraction device. The pure SCF is compressed and tempered to extraction
conditions. The pure SCF is recycled to an extraction device. Also
provided is a process for purifying an oil from an oil crude product by
desorbing the adsorbed oil.