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1 2011 Unconventional Fuels Conference - Welcome/opening remarks2011-05-17unconventional fuels; opening remarks; coal; oil shale; power generation; transportational fuel infrastructures; carbon capture; agendaPresentation given at the 2011 University of Utah Unconventional Fuels Conference.
2 2012 Unconventional fuels conference introduction2012-05-15unconventional fuels; computational simulation and pilot-scale experiment; unconventional resources; emissions minimization; CO2 regulation; CO2 coal researchPresentation given at the 2012 Unconventional Fuels Conference.
3 A bibliography of thermal methods of oil recovery1965-03Thermal methods; Oil recovery; Bibliography; Bureau of Mines Petroleum Research Center; Thermal methods of oil recoveryThe Oil Recovery Committee, Independent Petroleum Association of America, in response to requests and in recognition of expanded interest in the application of thermal methods of oil recovery, has sponsored the compilation of the following bibliography, with literature and patent references, and aut...
4 A brief history of early mineral exploitation in the Uinta Basin1964Uinta Basin; Mining; Uintah Valley; Indian Reservation; Meeker; Utah; History of early mineral exploitation; Uintah Reservation; Gilsonite; Coal; Copper; Iron; Oil shale; Ozocerite; Wurtzilite; Oil; Asphalt; Ashley Creek; Hatchtown; Vernal; Fort Duchesne; Ouray SubagencyEarly mining activities in the Uinta Basin can be summarized by saying that they included mining for gilsonite, coal, copper, iron, oil shale, ozocerite, wurtzilite, and oil and asphalt (under the placer mining laws). Of these minerals only coal and gilsonite were produced in commercially significan...
5 A comparison of biomakers in gilsonite, oil shale, tar sand and petroleum from Threemile Canyon and adjacent areas in the Uinta Basin, Utah1992Gilsonite; Oil shale; Tar sand; Petroleum; Threemile Canyon; Uinta Basin; Utah; Green River; Hopane; Sterane; Carotenoid biomarkers; Alginite; GC/MS; Ion fragmentograms; Biodegradation; Maturation; Oil shale outcrops; Bluebell-Altamont; Red Wash field; Bitumen; Pyrolysis; Py-GC/MS; Curie-point pyrol...Relationships between gilsonite, oil shale and petroleum were investigated by comparison of hopane, sterane and carotenoid biomarkers. Samples examined were alginite, gilsonite, oil shale, tar sand and petroleum. Comparison of peak distributions in specific GC/MS ion fragmentograms of the above hydr...
6 A fully integrated Kinetic Monte Carlo/Molecular Dynamics approach for the simulation of soot precursor growth2002Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon polymerization; Soot; KMC/MD; Kinetic Monte Carlo/Molecular Dynamics; Particle growth; Atomic-scale structure; Molecular Transformations; KMC; MD; Simulation; Kinetic mechanismThe emphasis in this paper is on presenting a new methodology, together with some illustrative applications, for the study of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon polymerization leading to soot, widely recognized as a very important and challenging combustion problem. The new code, named fully integrated...
7 A geochemical survey in the Santa Barbara Channel and its relationship to subsurface heavy-oil deposits1987-11-02geochemical survey; Santa Barbara Channel; subsurface heavy-oil deposits; oil fieldsA geochemical survey was conducted in a part of the Santa Barbara Channel that contains three oil fields: Hondo, Pescado, and Sacate. The fields, especially Hondo, contain substantial reserves of low-gravity oil (14-26° API) in the fractured Monterey Formation of middle Miocene age. The light hydro...
8 A heavy-oil case study on a single well in Venezuela, MFM-7s, using cores and logs1987heavy-oil case study; Venezuela well; MFM-7s; well cores; well logs; heavy-oil reservoirsPlanning for optimum production from heavy-oil reservoirs requires a deep understanding of their geological and petrophysical characteristics, synthesized from intermittent core and continuous log data. In this paper the study developed for the MFM-7S well, operated by S. A. Meneven in the Faja Petr...
9 A market assessment of heavy oil, oil sands, and oil shale resources2011-03-10unconventional fuels; market assessment; developing domestic heavy oil, oil sands, and oil shale resources; preliminary infrastructure needsA presentation given at the Unconventional Fuels from Oil Shale and Oil Sands Project Review Meeting on March 10-11, 2011.
10 A model of hydrocarbon generation from type 1 kerogen: Application to the Uinta Basin, Utah1986-12-18Pyrolysis; Green River shale; Petroleum; Utah; Uinta Basin; Kerogen; Oil; Eocene; Type I kerogen; Hydrocarbon generation; Oil generation; Gas generation; KineticsThe Uinta Basin in northeastern Utah provides an ideal setting to study the evolution of kerogen to petroleum. Oil shale rocks of the Eocene-age Green River Formation outcrop extensively at the southern edge of the synclinal basin. The same rocks are also found at depths of 3650 m in the deepest par...
11 A new electronic gain device for high-temperature applications1976-07This report deals with a new integrated thermionic device capable of withstanding ambient temperatures in excess of 500°C, which eliminates the problems associated with earlier versions. The history of the ITC (Integrated Thermionic Circuit) is traced along with Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (LA...
12 A proposal to evaluate oil-impregnated sandstone in the Uinta Basin, northeast Utah; made to the Energy Research and Development Administration by Utah Geological and Mineral Survey1976-06-15Petroleum; Utah; Uinta Basin; Oil; Bitumen; Ore waste radiation; Oil-impregnated sandstone; DepositsMost of the known petroleum resources in the form of oil-impregnated in the United States occur in Utah. It is estimated that over ten billion barrels of petroleum occur in such deposits in the Uinta Basin alone (Ritzma, 1973; Campbell, 1975). Four deposits among the twenty identified in the Uinta ...
13 A proposed oil extraction and strip-mining project1974-08-23The Utah Division of Oil & Gas Conservation, 1588 West North Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah, has received an application from the Sohio Petroleum Company to conduct mining operations for the removal and processing of the commercially minable deposits of bituminous sands on the following described land...
14 A reconnaissance evaluation of heavy hydrocarbons in the Tar Sand Triangle1985-08Utah; Tar Sand Triangle; Permian White Rim Sandstone; Moenkopi Formation; Cedar Mesa Sandstone; Chinle Formation; Oil; Oil-impregnated sandstone deposit; In-situ; Heavy hydrocarbons; Triassic; Jurassic Navajo SandstoneThe Tar Sand Triangle encompasses about 200 square miles in southeastern Utah. The area consists of rough, mountainous terrain, with a climate that varies from semiarid to arid. Sedimentary rocks exposed in the area range from Permian Cedar Mesa Sandstone to the Triassic(?)-Jurassic Navajo Sandstone...
15 A report to Idaho National Engineering Laboratory1987Three Texas lignites (Jewett, Big Brown, and Bastrap), weathered and fresh tar sand, weathered and fresh Gilsonite and weathered oil shale have been studied using Py-MS (pyrolysis mass spectrometry) and further analyzed using the SIGMA program.
16 A solvent extraction process for tar sand1987Sunnyside, Utah; Tar sand; Solvent extraction; Bitumen; East central Utah; Ore; Hydrocyclones; Pentane-deasphaltening; Rotary kiln steam strippers; OilA process has been investigated for solvent extraction of bitumen from Sunnyside, Utah, tar sands. The Sunnyside deposit, in east central Utah, has 1 to 2 billion barrels of geological reserves with a richness of 6 to 10 wt% bitumen. In this process, the ore is crushed and the bitumen is dissolved f...
17 A sulfur isotopic study of Uinta Basin hydrocarbons1973Sulfur isotope analyses of tar from oilimpregnated sandstones, crude oils and solid hydrocarbons from the Uinta Basin (Tertiary), Utah, show wide variations, but all are heavier than the troilite sulfur isotopic standard. The data range from +2.7 to 30.3 permil and sulfur contents are low, usually l...
18 A technical, economic, and legal assessment of North American heavy oil, oil sands, and oil shale resources: In response to Energy Policy Act of 2005 Section 369(p)2007-09Oil sands; Oil shale; Heavy oil; Energy Policy Act; 2005; Climate Change; Petroleum; Oil Cost; United States; North American heavy oil; Utah Heavy Oil Program; UHOP; World economic development; Energy; Canadian oil sands; Unconventional resources ;Technical; Economic; Legal assessmentAgainst the backdrop of world population growth, rapid economic expansion in the world's most populous countries, challenging political climates in many oil-producing nations, and the specter of climate change, worldwide energy consumption is projected to increase from the 2004 level of just over 40...
19 A unified approach to the various formulations of the one-dimensional-turbulence model2010-01One-Dimensional Turbulence model; ODT; Stand-alone ODT models; Predicting turbulence statistics; Nonreacting flows; Reacting flows; Governing equations; Turbulent flow field; Linear Eddy Model; Eddy eventsThe One-Dimensional Turbulence (ODT) model has been successfully applied as a stand-alone model for predicting turbulence statistics in both nonreacting and reacting flows. There are several formulations of the model in the literature, and most of the variable-density formulations do not clearly dis...
20 APECS software and architecture overview2009-10APECS; Model; CADE-OPEN; CO; CFD; PME; FLUENT; EKM; Reduced Order Models; ROMs; Geometric parameterization; Virtual reality software1) What is APECS? 2) Overview of APECS Features; 3) Overview of APECS Architecture
21 APPENDIX A - Analysis of environmental, legal, socioeconomic and policy issues critical to the development of commercial oil shale leasing on the public lands in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming under the mandates of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 - Final Project Report - Reporting period: June 21, 2006 to October 21, 20092009-10Oil shale; Colorado; Utah; Wyoming; Energy Policy Act of 2005; Green River Formation; Environmental; Legal; Socioeconomic; Policy Issues; Oil shale deposits; BLM; Bureau of Land ManagementThe United States is home to the largest oil shale deposits in the world. This resource is located in the Green River Formation, spreading across the states of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. Despite the vast potential of this resource, successful commercial development has yet to occur. To date, concer...
22 APPENDIX B - Depositional heterogeneity and fluid flow modeling of the oil shale interval of the upper Green River Formation, eastern Uinta Basin, Utah - Final Project Report - Reporting period: June 21, 2006 to October 21, 20092009-10Green River Formation; Uinta Basin; Utah; Uintah County; Oil shale; DepositionIn this project, a detailed geological analysis was performed followed by a reservoir modeling exercise. For the geological analysis, ~300 m of cores were correlated to gamma and density logs in well P4 in the lower to middle Eocene (49.5-48.0 million years ago (Ma)), upper Green River Formation of ...
23 APPENDIX C - In-situ production of Utah oil sands - Final Project Report - Reporting period: June 21, 2006 to October 21, 20092009-10Utah; Uinta Basin; Oil sand reservoirs; Whiterocks; Sunnyside; Oil; Oil extraction; In-situ; Heavy oil production; BitumenTwo oil sand reservoirs located in Utah's Uinta Basin were considered for analysis: Whiterocks, a small, steeply dipping, contained reservoir containing about 100 million barrels, and Sunnyside, a giant reservoir containing over four billion barrels of oil in place. Cyclic steam stimulation, steam a...
24 APPENDIX D - Meeting data needs to perform a water impact assessment for oil shale development in the Uinta and Piceance Basins, A subpart of project - Quantifying water availability impacts and protecting water quality while developing Utah oil shale and sands - Final Project Report - Reporting period: June 21, 2006 to October 21, 20092009-06-23Uinta Basin; Piceance Basins; Water impact assessments; Oil shale developmentThe goal of this project was to mitigate water resources impacts from oil shale development in the U.S. by compiling geospatial data and water use estimates to assess water availability impacts.
25 APPENDIX E - Integrated treatment of produced water by chemical and biological unit operations, A subpart of project - Quantifying water availability impacts and protecting water quality while developing Utah oil shale and sands - Final Project Report - Reporting period: June 21st, 2006 to October 21st, 20092010-10-07Water treatment; Water quality - Utah; Oil shale and sandsWater generated along with oil, gas, and coal bed methane production is commonly known as produced water, formation water, or oilfield brine [1]. Produced water represents the largest waste stream volume in production operations on most offshore platforms [2]. According to the American Petroleum Ins...
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