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1 Sunnyside tar sand--comments on source, degradation, and maturity of the heavy oil1988-01Sunnyside tar sand; heavy oil; Sunnyside oil; mined tar sand; oilConclusions: 1. Many compounds in the Sunnyside oil have been seen in products from the Green River shale, indicating a Tertiary source for the heavy oil contained in the Sunnyside tar sand. 2. The absence of n-alkanes, branched alkanes, cyclohexanes, benzenes, naphthalenes and phenanthrenes, as wel...
2 The extraction of bitumen from western oil sands: Volume 11997-11-26oil sand research and development; bitumen surface tension; Utah bitumensThe Oil Sand Research and Development Group at the University of Utah revised and updated the environmental assessment of the impact of projected program-related activities for the 1994-1996 contract period in accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.
3 Recovery of oil from Utah's tar sands1983-03-31Utah tar sands; bitumen cleaning; PRS-R tar sands; fluidized bed thermal recoveryThis report covers the work accomplished at the University of Utah on Utah's tar sands during the period: October 1, 1979 to March 31, 1983. The work reported is a continuation of the program carried out over a period of years at the University. The primary effort of the work covered in this report ...
4 Recovery and upgrading of oil from Utah tar sands1985-09upgrading oil; oil recovery; Utah tar sands; Bitumen Upgrading; Thermal Recovery; Fluidized Bed Pyroiysis; Water Assisted Recovery; Thermal RecoveryResearch has progressed in four principal areas: A) Bitumen Upgrading; B) Thermal Recovery by Fluidized Bed Pyroiysis; C) Water Assisted Recovery; and D) Two-Stage Thermal Recovery using Heat Pipes. Hydropyrolysis continues to show promise for upgrading of bitumen with high liquid yields. Valuable e...
5 Recovery and hydropyrolysis of oil from Utah's tar sands1984-12oil; Utah tar sand; oil recovery; oil hydropyrolysis; Hydropyrolysis; tar sand bitumenDuring the past five years, new technology has been developed for fast flotation of Tar Sand with an air-sparged hydrocyclone. Conventional flotation in a stirred, aerated tank requires retention times on the order of minutes, whereas intrinsic bubble attachment times are on the order of millisecond...
6 Summary of air quality regulations and recommended guidelines for oil shale development in the Colorado Piceance Basin1982-02air quality regulations; oil shale development; Colorado Piceance Basin; domestic fuel; shale oilThe Piceance Basin of northwestern Colorado contains the greatest domestic concentration of oil shale deposits favorably located for economical recovery. These deposits are defined geologically to be at least 30-ft thick with at least 30 gal of oil per ton of shale; by conservative estimate, they co...
7 Instrumental analysis of tars and their correlations in oil-impregnated sandstone beds, Uintah and Grand Counties, Utah1971-10tar analysis; oil-impregnated sandstone beds; sandstone.The Wasatch, Green River and Uinta formations, in ascending order make up the normal sequence of exposed Eocene rocks in the southeast Uinta Basin, Uintah and Grand counties, Utah. They dip northward towards the center of the basin, relatively undisturbed by faulting, and exhibit a system of promine...
8 Biological markers from Green River kerogen decomposition1981-09Isoprenoid and other hydrocarbons that are formed in living organisms and preserved in ancient sediments are often called biological markers. The purpose of this paper is to develop improved methods of using isoprenoid hydrocarbons to trace petroleum or shale oil to its source. It is demonstrated th...
9 Land and resource management issues relevant to deploying in-situ thermal technologies: Topical Report: October 1, 2009 to December 31, 20102011-01in-situ; oil shale; domestic energy source; oil sandsUtah is home to oil shale resources containing roughly 1.3 trillion barrels of oil equivalent and our nation's richest oil sands resources. If economically feasible and environmentally responsible means of tapping these resources can be developed, these resources could provide a safe and stable dome...
10 The extraction of bitumen from western oil sandsOil Sand Research and Development program; oil sand; bitumen; PR Spring oil sand deposit; bitumen extractionThe information required for compliance with the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) has been documented in this section. This final report has been prepared to reflect the research and development activities performed under the cooperative agreement 89MC26268 between the University of Utah...
11 Research and information needs for management of tar sands development1983tar sands management; research needed; tar sandsThe purpose of this report is to review the research needed to support the regulatory and managerial role of the agencies in the development of tar sands resources. The material reviewed in preparation for this report was assembled and presented at the Workshop on Research Needs for the Management o...
12 The extraction of bitumen from western oil sands1994-03bitumen extraction; western oil sands; oil sands; final report; oil sand recovery technologies; environmental impacts; health and safety proceduresThe information required for compliance with the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) has been documented in this section. This final report has been prepared to reflect the research and development activities performed under the cooperative agreement 89MC26268 between the University of Utah...
13 Carbon dioxide sequestration: Effect of the presence of sulfur dioxide on the mineralogical reactions and on the injectivity of CO2+SO2 mixtures2010-01Carbon 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...
14 Proposed natural gas protection program for naval oil shale reserves nos. 1 and 3, Garfield County, Colorado1991-08naval oil shale reserves; environmental assessment; naval petroleum reserves; oil shaleEnvironmental Assessment analysis completed for Naval Oil Shale Reserves Nos. 1 and 3 (NOSRs-1 & 3), located in Garfield County, Colorado.
15 Occurrence of biomarkers in Green River shale oil1983-03Biomarkers; Biological markers; Shale oils; In-situ retorting; Green River FormationBiological markers, compounds derived essentially unchanged from living organisms, are found in oil-bearing rocks, petroleum and most ancient sediments. We are investigating the variation in ratios of certain biomarkers in shale oils and their use as tracers for relating oil to source rock during in...
16 Lands with wilderness characteristics, Resource Management Plan constraints, and land exchanges: Cross-jurisdictional management and impacts on unconventional fuel development in Utah's Uinta Basin2012-03Utah oil shale; oil sands; unconventional fuel resources; land exchanges; land rightsUtah is rich in oil shale and oil sands resources. Chief among the challenges facing prospective unconventional fuel developers is the ability to access these resources. Access is heavily dependent upon land ownership and applicable management requirements. Understanding constraints on resource acce...
17 Sunnyside Special Tar Sand Area site specific analysis Sunnyside no. 1 tract: Moab District Price River Resource Area1983-03Sunnyside Special Tar Sand Area; site specific analysis; Sunnyside no. 1 tract; STSA; tar sand extractionThe Sunnyside No. 1 Tract is in the west part of the Sunnyside Special Tar Sand Area (STSA) in Carbon County, Utah. The tract is located about 22 miles northeast of Price (See Maps 1 and 2 in Appendix I). The legal description and ownership are shown in Table 1. The nominated tract contains 3,202.38...
18 Fluidized-bed pyrolysis of oil shale1981-10Fluidized-bed pyrolysis; oil shale; isothermal fluidized-bed reactors; hydrocarbon evolutionSeveral quartz isothermal fluidized-bed reactors have been constructed in order to measure kinetics and oil properties relevant to surface retorting by fluidized-bed processes. The rate of volatile total hydrocarbon evolution is measured with a flame ionization detector, although various techniques ...
19 Identification by 13C NMR of carbon types in shale oil and their relationship to pyrolysis conditions1983-04shale oil; multiple-pulse techniques; shale oil characterization; identification of carbon types; pyrolysis conditionsA number of samples of shale oil prepared under various conditions have been examined by 13C NMR using multiple-pulse techniques that allow carbon-type assignments. Previous assignments by Netzel et al (1981) are confirmed and several new ones made. Product chemistry is then examined as a function o...
20 Sunnyside Special Tar Sand Area site specific analysis Sunnyside no. 3 tract: Moab District, Price River Resource Area1983-03Sunnyside Special Tar Sand Area; STSA; site analysis; site specific analysis; Sunnyside no. 3 tract; tar sand extractionThe Sunnyside No. 3 Tract is in the west central part of the Sunnyside Special Tar Sand Area (STSA) in Carbon County, Utah. The tract is located about 24 miles east of Price (See Maps 1 and 2 in Appendix I). The legal description and ownership are shown in Table 1.
21 Sunnyside Special Tar Sand Area site specific analysis Sunnyside no. 2 tract: Moab District, Price River Resource Area1983-03Sunnyside Special Tar Sand Area; tar sand; site specific analysis; Sunnyside no. 2 tract; STSA; tar sand extractionThe Sunnyside No. 2 Tract is in the central part of the Sunnyside Special Tar Sand Area (STSA) in Carbon County, Utah. The tract is located about 25 miles northeast of Price, Utah (See Maps 1 and 2 in Appendix I). The legal description and ownership are shown in Table 1.
22 Comparison of kinetic analysis of source rocks and kerogen concentrates1994-05-10Shales and kerogen concentrates from the Green River, Rundel, Ohio, Kimmeridge, and Phosphoria formations were examined by Pyromat II micropyrolysis and kinetic parameters were determined by the shift-in-Tm a x , discrete distribution, modified Friedman, and modified Coats-Redfern methods. Overall, ...
23 Research investigations in oil shale, tar sand, coal research, advanced exploratory process technology, and advanced fuels research: Volume 1--base program1994-05oil shale; tar sand; coal research; dvanced exploratory process technology; advanced fuels research; COMPCOALThis report summarizes the major research investigations conducted by the Western Research Institute under Cooperative Agreement DE-FC21-86MC11076 with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) over the period October 1986 through September 1993. In 1989 a Jointly Sponsored Research Program (JSRP) was inc...
24 Underground coal thermal treatment - Task 6 topical report, Utah Clean Coal Program - Reporting Period: October 2009 - September 20112012-01-11SNG; substitute natural gas; coal pyrolysis; in-situ; underground coal thermal treatment; UCTT; Geochemists Workbench; GWBThe long-term objective of this work is to develop a transformational energy production technology by in-situ thermal treatment of a coal seam for the production of substitute natural gas (SNG) while leaving much of the coal's carbon in the ground. This process converts coal to a high-efficiency, lo...
25 Occurrence, properties, and uses of some natural bitumens1961Natural bitumens; Hydrocarbon; Cannel coals; TorbanitesIn this report, the Federal Bureau of Mines presents a summary of the occurrence, properties, and uses of some natural bitumens, using the layman's or dictionary definition of bitumens - that is, naturally occurring hydrocarbons. Emphasis is on the less common solid and semisolid bitumens, particula...
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