NOVELTY - Method (I) of forming a light hydrocarbon distillate from material containing bitumen comprises: forming a first mixture by mixing a first quantity of material comprising bitumen with a first solvent; separating bitumen-enriched solvent phase from the first mixture, where the bitumen-enriched solvent phase comprises a bitumen component; forming a light hydrocarbon liquid distillate and a non-participating hydrocarbon stream by cracking bitumen component inside a first nozzle reactor; and mixing the light hydrocarbon liquid distillate with a second quantity of material comprising bitumen.    USE - The method is useful: for forming a light hydrocarbon distillate from material containing bitumen; in solvent extraction for separating bitumen from material comprising bitumen; for cracking bitumen inside a nozzle reactor; and for recycling to use light hydrocarbon liquid distillate as a solvent in at least one of the extraction step (all claimed).    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Method (I) of forming a light hydrocarbon distillate from material containing bitumen comprises: forming a first mixture by mixing a first quantity of material comprising bitumen with a first solvent, where the first mixture comprises a bitumen-enriched solvent phase; separating the bitumen-enriched solvent phase from the first mixture, thus producing first solvent-wet tailings, where the bitumen-enriched solvent phase comprises a bitumen component and the first solvent-wet tailings comprise a first solvent component; forming a light hydrocarbon liquid distillate and a non-participating hydrocarbon stream by cracking bitumen component inside a first nozzle reactor; and mixing the light hydrocarbon liquid distillate with a second quantity of material comprising bitumen. INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for:    (1) a method (II) of forming a light hydrocarbon distillate from material containing bitumen comprising: forming the first mixture by mixing the first quantity of material comprising bitumen with the first solvent, where the first mixture comprises a bitumen-enriched solvent phase; separating the bitumen-enriched solvent phase from the first mixture, thus producing first solvent-wet tailings, where the bitumen-enriched solvent phase comprises a bitumen component and a primary first solvent component, and the first solvent-wet tailings comprise a secondary first solvent component; separating the primary first solvent from the bitumen-enriched solvent phase to thus isolate the bitumen component of the bitumen-enriched solvent phase; producing an asphaltene stream by deasphalting bitumen component; forming a light hydrocarbon liquid distillate and a non-participating hydrocarbon stream by cracking the asphaltene stream inside a first nozzle reactor; and mixing the light hydrocarbon liquid distillate with a second quantity of material comprising bitumen;    (2) a method (III) of solvent extraction for separating bitumen from material containing bitumen comprising: solvent extracting a first quantity of material comprising bitumen with at least one solvent to separate bitumen from the first quantity of material comprising bitumen; cracking the bitumen to form a light hydrocarbon liquid distillate; and solvent extracting a second quantity of material comprising bitumen with the light hydrocarbon distillate to separate bitumen from the second quantity of material comprising bitumen;    (3) a method (IV) of cracking bitumen inside a nozzle reactor comprising: mixing a first solvent with a first quantity of material comprising bitumen; separating a bitumen-enriched solvent phase from a first result of mixing the first solvent with the first quantity of material comprising bitumen; feeding the bitumen-enriched solvent phase through a nozzle reactor; and mixing a portion of a second result of feeding the bitumen-enriched solvent phase through a nozzle reactor with a second quantity of material comprising bitumen; and    (4) a method (V) of recycling to use light hydrocarbon liquid distillate as a solvent in at least one of the extraction step comprising: mixing a first quantity of material comprising bitumen with a first solvent; separating a bitumen-enriched solvent phase from a first result of mixing the first solvent with the first quantity of material comprising bitumen; separating a first solvent component from the bitumen-enriched solvent phase; deasphalting a second result of separating the first solvent component from the bitumen-enriched solvent phase; feeding a third result of deasphalting the second result into a nozzle reactor; and mixing a portion of a fourth result of feeding the third result into a nozzle reactor with a second quantity of material comprising bitumen.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure illustrates a flow chart depicting a method for obtaining bitumen.    Mixing a first quantity of material (100)    Separating the bitumen-enriched solvent phase (110)    Cracking the bitumen component (120)    Mixing the light hydrocarbon liquid distillate (130)