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U.S. tar sand oil recovery projects--1985 | 1985-07-31 | U. S. tar sand; oil recovery projects; tar sand resource; in situ processes | Since crude oil prices declined in the early 1980's, U.S. tar sand activities have declined to a level approximating that of the early 1970's. Twenty of the 43 reported projects are in California reservoirs containing bitumen with relatively low viscosities. Only four current or planned projects are... |
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Thermal maturity of rocks and hydrocarbon deposits, Uinta Basin, Utah | 1992 | thermal maturity; hydrocarbon deposits; energy rich resources; energy resource deposits | The Uinta Basin in northeastern Utah contains abundant energy-rich resources including coal, natural gas, oil, oil shale, tar sands and solid bitumens (gilsonite). One of the problems associated with the identification of the source rocks from which some of these varied hydrocarbon deposits (oils, t... |
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Sources and deposition of organic matter in the Monterey Formation, South-Central Coastal basins of California | 1987-11-02 | organic matter; Monterey Formation; Californial ; marine algal debris | The abundant organic matter in the Monterey Formation is commonly considered to be derived from marine algal debris rapidly deposited in anoxic bottom water during a period of high surface plankton productivity. However, many aspects of the distribution of organic matter in the Monterey of the south... |