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Atomistic modelling of oil shale kerogens and asphaltenes | 2012-10-21 | Atomistic modeling; Oil shale; Kerogens; Asphaltenes; 3D models; Pyrolysis; Computational modeling; Molecular mechanics; HyperCHem/ReaxFF; Ab initio calculations; Gaussian/GAMESS; DIFFUSE; CRYSOL | |
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Availability of tar sands on public land: An overview | 2006-09-21 | Tar sands; public lands; Utah; Leasing on federal lands; Hydrocarbonaceous material; Oil shale; Tar sand development | Presentation summary: 1-Provide an overview of Utah Tar Sand Resources 2-Provide historical summary Tar Sand Leasing on Federal Lands; -Early leasing efforts-1960, -Combined Hydrocarbon Leasing-1981, -Energy Policy Act of 2005 3-Outline current leasing process |
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Basin-wide evaluation of the uppermost Green River Formation's oil-shale resource, Uinta Basin, Utah and Colorado | 2008-11-13 | Presentaion; Green River formation; Oil shale; Uinta Basin; Utah; Colorado; Oil-shale resource evaluation; UGS; Isopach maps | Scope--Oil Shale Resource Evaluation: 1) Focus - Entire Uinta Basin - Data from 293 wells spread throughout the Uinta Basin 2) Determined thickness of continuous intervals averaging 50, 35, 25, and 15 gallons per ton (GPT) 3) Created GIS-based maps - Isopachs for each richness zone - Overburden thic... |
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Commercial oil shale leasing under the energy policy act: An analysis of when, where, and how | 2008-03-12 | Oil shale; Oil sands; PEIS; EPA; BLM; FLPMA; RD&D; Research, Demonstration, & Development; Tar sands; Utah; Colorado; Wyoming | Discussion of the alternatives for oil shale development outlined in the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement issued by the Bureau of Land Management. |
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Depositional heterogeneity and fluid flow modeling of the oil shale interval of the Upper Green River Formation, Eastern Uinta Basin, Utah | 2008-03-12 | Green River Formation; Eastern Uinta Basin; Utah; Oil shale; Sedimentology; Sequence stratigraphy; Mahogany zone; Depositional heterogeneity; Fluid flow modeling | Discussion of depositional and sequence stratigraphic characterization of the upper Green River Formation based on core and well log correlation and production modeling of the richest zone (Mahogany) based on sedimentological and other information. |
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Ecoshale: Environmental alternative fuels | 2008-11-13 | Unconventional fuel; Oil industry; Oil shale; Utah; Colorado; Wyoming; Tar sand; Red Leaf; Duchesne County; Uintah Basin; Carbon County; Emery County; Grand County; Ecoshale; In-capsule process; Kerogen; Alternative Fule; Environmental; In-capsule; Economic | |
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Simulation of in situ processes in reservoir modeling: Fracturing and permeability development of oil shale | 2013-05-07 | ICSE; Unconventional fuels; Oil shale; Reservoir modeling | Presentation given at the University of Utah Unconventional Fuels Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 7, 2013. |
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Update on North American oil shale, oil sands, and heavy oil resource development | 2008-03-12 | Unconventional fuel resources; U.S.; Canada; RH&D; Oil shale; Oil sands | Large unconventional fuel resources exist in the U.S. & Canada -Processing technologies for oil sands are well-developed in Canada, but those processes cannot be directly applied to U.S. resources; oil shale processing technologies have yet to be commercialized -RH&D leases are a roadmap for future ... |