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Bitumen and very heavy crude upgrading technology: A review of long term R&D opportunities | 2004-03-31 | bitumen; very heavy crude; upgrading technology; R&D opportunities; upgrade bitumen; oil sands bitumen | The Focus of this Review: This review has focused on the identification of emerging and developing technologies that can, when fully developed, either be applied directly to upgrade bitumen and very heavy crudes, or are integral to new approaches to upgrading. Although very heavy crudes do not have ... |
| 77 |
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Bitumen deposits of northwest Alabama | 1987 | bitumen deposits; northwest Alabama deposits; bituminous rocks | Bituminous rocks of Mississippian age crop out in northwest Alabama within a 113-km (70-mi) long belt. Bitumen deposits have been confirmed by coreholes to be present in the subsurface for a distance of at least 16-24 km (10-15 mi) south of the outcrop. Geochemical analyses indicate the bitumen to b... |
| 78 |
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Bitumen recovery from tar sands | 1984-09-11 | Patent; Bitumen recovery; Tar sands; Kerosene; Flotation cell; Bitumen | A process for recovering bitumen from tar sands wherein the tar sands are pretreated with a diluent, such as kerosene in the preferred embodiment, to lower the viscosity of the bitumen such that it is in the range of about 5 to about 20 poise at the digestion temperature. The tar sands are then dige... |
| 79 |
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Bituminous sands and some legal aspects of leasing | 1964 | A brief description of the more important bituminous sand deposits of Utah at Asphalt Ridge, Sunnyside, Whiterocks River, and other localities. Discussion of their probable origin and present physical qualities with comparison to liquid oil and natural solid bitumen deposits in Utah. Capsule history... | |
| 80 |
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Bituminous sands and viscous crude oils | 1964-10-10 | Bituminous sands; Viscous crude oils; Rocky Mountain region; Low gravity; high viscosity; Heavy crude oil; Quiet Revolution; Thermal recovery; Utah; Bituminous sandstone deposits | Bituminous sandstones of the Rocky Mountain region contain large reserves of low gravity, highly viscous oil that can be recovered at costs equal to or less than the cost of finding and producing oil from conventional methods. Heavy crude oil is defined as "oil which cannot be produce through the no... |
| 81 |
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Bituminous sandstone and limestone deposits of Utah | 1963 | The significant bituminous sandstone and bituminous Limestone deposits of Utah are located within, or on the edges of, the Uinta Basin. They are all located within the boundaries of Carbon, Duchesne, and Uintah Counties. The Sunnyside deposits in Carbon County contain the greatest reserves of bitumi... | |
| 82 |
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Bituminous sandstone deposits Asphalt Ridge | 1966-12 | Asphalt Ridge probably is the second largest bituminous sandstone deposit in northeastern Utah's Uinta Basin. Discontinuous concentrations of bitumen occur in the Rim Rock Sandstone of the Mesaverde Group of Cretaceous age, in the overlying Uinta Formation of Eocene age and the Duchesne River Format... | |
| 83 |
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Bituminous sandstones in the Uinta Basin | 1964 | The largest single deposit of bituminous sandstones in the United States is found in the Uinta Basin. This deposit along with two other well known occurrences of bituminous sandstones in the northeastern portion of the basin have proved reserves exceeding 1% billion barrels of oil. The reserve calcu... | |
| 84 |
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Brief history and recent developments in tar sand deposits of Uinta Basin | 1985 | Commercial production of oil from bituminous sandstones, more commonly referred to as "Tar sands", is considered by many to be a viable project. These so-called "heavy oil" deposits represent a very considerable reserve of oil for the future. The Uinta basin is Mother Nature's storehouse of exotic b... | |
| 85 |
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Business aspects in oil sands production in the USA | 2006-09-21 | Temple Mountain Energy; Oil sand production; Oil; Natural gas; Electricity; Oil prices; Heavy oil; Oil sands; Business; Economic; SAGD; Steam assisted gravity drainage | The world economic challenge: What is the most important economic resource known? 1-Energy production-Oil, natural gas and electricity are the biggest players 2-China and India economic development (2/3rds of world)-Huge unexpected demands for these resources (now and future)-Especially oil-Fuels, a... |
| 86 |
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California plio-miocene oils: Evidence of early generation | 1987 | plio-miocene oils; California oil; source rocks; commercial generation; LOM; hydrocarbon concentration; oil quality | Early generation of oil from Monterey and equivalent source rocks may well be the primary controlling factor on oil quality in the coastal basins of California. Commercial generation has occurred at reflectance levels as low as 0.3% R0. The wide range of chemical characteristics of these oils is com... |
| 87 |
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California production statistics-1999: Production by company | 1999 | 1999 Annual Report | |
| 88 |
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Capitol Reef-Miners Mountain oil-impregnated rock occurrences | 1967 | The Capitol Reef bituminous sandstone area occurs mainly on the northern and northeastern portions of the area known as Miners Mountain. This is a dome structure of the Teasdale anticline, the axis of which parallels the Teasdale fault system. | |
| 89 |
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Carbon dioxide sequestration: Effect of the presence of sulfur dioxide on the mineralogical reactions and on the injectivity of CO2+SO2 mixtures | 2010-01 | Carbon dioxide sequestration; CO2; Sequestration stream; Gas injection; CO2+SO2 mixture; Brine; Arkose; Calcite; Anhydrite; Calcium carbonate; CaCO3; Ankerite; Absolute permeabilities; Free-gas; Dissolved gas distribution; Saline formation; Contaminant gases; sulfur dioxide; SO2; Hydrogen sulfide; H... | This report presents experimental and modeling data on certain aspects of carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration. As different processes are developed and implemented to facilitate the capture of CO2, other contaminant gases (sulfur dioxide, hydrogen sulfide and ammonia) may be present in the sequestrat... |
| 90 |
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Catalytic and thermal effects in the upgrading of bitumen-derived heavy oils (Abstract only) | 1985 | Heavy oils derived from PR Spring bitumen were hydrotreated in the fixed bed reactor as a function of process variables. The presulfided commercial NiMo/y-alumina (HDN) catalyst, Mo supported on y-alumina (HDM) catalyst and sodium-impregnated HDN catalyst support were used in this study to investiga... | |
| 91 |
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Catalytic upgrading of a Uinta Basin bitumen over a commercial HDM catalyst | 1994 | catalytic upgrading; Uinta Basin bitumen; commercial HDM catalyst | Uinta Basin bitumen was hydrotreated over a sulfidcd commercial Ni-Mo on alumina hydrodemetallation catalyst. The catalyst was on-stream continuously for over 1.000 hours. The extent of heteroatoni removal, residuum conversion and molecular weight reduction were investigated as a function of process... |
| 92 |
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Catalytic upgrading of Asphalt Ridge bitumen over hydrodenitrogenation catalysts (Abstract only) | 1997 | The bitumen extracted from Asphalt Ridge oil sands was hydrotreated over three sulfided NiMo/y-Alumina hydrodenitrogenation catalysts in a fixed bed reactor to study the extent of upgrading as a function of process variables and catalyst. The process variables investigated were temperature (619-685 ... | |
| 93 |
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CFD modeling for entrained flow gasifiers | 2002-10-28 | CFD modeling; Entrained flow gasifiers; Reaction kinetics; Coal gasification; Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle power plants; IGCC; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Coal; Gasifier; GLACIER | In this paper we have described a CFD based modeling tool for entrained flow coal gasifiers. The model contains sub-models to properly model the reaction kinetics of coal gasification at high pressure, high solids loading and slagging walls. Comparisons between values predicted by our CFD model and ... |
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Characterization and beneficiation of bitumen-free domestic tar sands | 1982-09 | The Federal Bureau of Mines conducted a study to determine if residues from fractional distillation represent a potential source of mineral values. Aliterature review and discussions with tar sand specialists failed to disclose the mineralogical nature of residues remaining after bitumen extraction.... | |
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Characterization of DOE reference oil shale: Tipton Member, Green River Formation oil shale from Wyoming | 1988-08 | Measurements have been made of the chemical and physical properties of a Tipton Member Green River Formation oil shale from Wyoming. This shale has been designated as a western reference shale by the Department of Energy. Material balance Fischer assays, carbon aromaticities, thermal properties, and... | |
| 96 |
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Characterization of macromolecular structure elements from a Green River oil shale | 2013-10-14 | Macromolecular Structure; Green River; Oil Shale; 33rd Oil Shale Symposium; Golden, Colorado; Kerogen; Shale; Green River oil shale; Bitumen | This work is based upon work supported by the Department of Energy under Award Number DENT0005015. The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect thoseof the United States Government or any agency thereof. |
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Characterization of nickel and vanadium compounds in tar sand bitumen by petroporphyrin quantitation and size exclusion chromatography coupled with element specific detection | 1988-02 | Previously, we have examined the Ni and V in heavy crude oils, residua, and processed products by several metal speciation techniques to ascertain molecular structure and processing behavior. Two classes 01 metal compounds were found -- metallopetroporphyrins and metallo-nonporphyrins - each having ... | |
| 98 |
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Characterization of particulate emissions: Size fractionation and chemical speciation | 2003-12 | Particulate emissions; Size fractionation; Chemical speciation; DoD emission sources; Aircraft ground support vehicles; Rocket motors; Aircraft; Sandblasting operations; Aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometer; ATOFMS; Photoelectric aerosol sensor; PAS; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; PAH; Photoa... | This study developed and validated innovative techniques for characterizing the amount and composition of PM10, PM2.5, and smaller particles for four major classes of DoD emission sources: aircraft ground support vehicles, rocket motors, aircraft, and sandblasting operations. The techniques include ... |
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Characterization of Pyrolysis Products from a Utah Green River Oil Shale by 13C NMR, GC/MS, and FTIR | 2013-10-14 | Pyrolysis; Utah; Green River; Oil Shale; GC/MS; FTIR; 33rd Oil Shale Symposium; Kerogen; Oil shale kerogen; 13C; NMR; TGA | |
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Characterization of Uinta Basin oil sand bitumens | 1992-11-15 | Uinta Basin; Oil sand bitumens; Southwest Whiterocks; Northwest Whiterocks; Asphalt Ledge; Sunnyside; Solvent extraction; Elution chromatography; Saturate and monoaromatic fractions; Polycyclic naphthenes; Naphthenoaromatics; Steranes; Hopanes | Results of the analyses of the saturate and monoaromatic fractions of four Uinta Basin bitumens (southwest Whiterocks, northwest Whiterocks, Asphalt ledge and Sunnyside) are presented in this paper. After separating the bitumen samples into several fractions using solvent extraction and elution chro... |