Shale oil value enhancement research - Quarterly report: October 1 - December 31, 1993

The first year of this effort was focussed on the following broad objectives: -Analyze the molecular types present in shale oil (as a function of molecular weight distribution ); - Determine the behavior of these molecular types in liquid-liquid extraction; -Develop the analytical tools needed to systematize the process development; - Survey the markets to assure that these have high value uses for the types found in shale oil; - Explore selective process means for extracting / converting shale oil components into concentrates of potentially marketable components; - Compile overview of the venture development strategy and begin implementation of that strategy; Each of these tasks has been completed in sufficient detail that we can now focus on filling in the knowledge gaps evident from the overview.