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1 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...
2 Environmental management of Alberta's oil sands2009-02-27environmental management; oil sands; Canadian oil sands development; crude bitumen; mineable resources; in situ resorces; oil sands depositsAnalysis of the challenges and successes of environmental management of Canadian oil sands development, presented at the 2009 Western U.S. Oil Sands Conference by Preston McEachern, Head of Science, Research & Innovation, Oil Sands Environmental Management Division, Alberta Environmental, Canada.
3 Draft environmental impact statement on conversion of oil and gas leases to combined hydrocarbon leases, Tar Sand Triangle, Utah1984-07-16The Draft Environmental Impact Statement will provide the Regional Director, National Park Service, and State Director, Bureau of Land Management, with the necessary information to make a decision on whether existing oil and gas leases in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and on adjacent BLM land...
4 Policy analysis of the Canadian oil sands experience-Topical Report2013-09Topical Report; Oil & Natural Gas Technology; October 1, 2009-September 30, 2014; Canadian Oil Sands; Policy; Subtask 6.2For those who support U.S. oil sands development, the Canadian oil sands industry is often identified as a model the U.S. might emulate, yielding financial and energy security benefits. For opponents of domestic oil sands development, the Canadian oil sands experience illustrates the risks that oppo...
5 Pressurized ozone treatment of produced water and pressurized hot water extraction of bitumen from oil sands2008-02-22pressurized ozone treatment; produced water; pressurized water extraction; bitumen extraction; oil sands; treatment technologies; synthetic produced water; real produced water; ozonization.
6 Environmental, health, safety, and socioeconomic impacts associated with oil recovery from tar-sand deposits in the United States1981-09-12tar sand; tar sand resources; oil recovery; petroleum extractionThe tar-sand resources of the United States have the potential to yield as much as 36 billion barrels (bbls) of oil. The tar-sand petroleum-extraction technologies now being considered for commercialization in the United States include both surface (above-ground) systems and in situ (underground) pr...
7 Los Alamos environmental activities/oil shale effluents1985-07oil shale effluents; oil shale resource; Los Alamos; health and environmental issuesComplex health and environmental issues will affect both the extent and rate of development of the nation's oil shale resource. Among these issues are concerns about land disruption, air and water contamination, waste disposal, and health and environmental problems associated with the refining and u...
8 Utah Heavy Oil Program - Final Scientific/Technical Report - Project Period: June 21, 2006 to October 20, 20092010-01-31Utah heavy oil program; heavy oil; UHOP; developing heavy oil resources; oil sands resources; oil shale resourcesThe Utah Heavy Oil Program (UHOP) was established in June 2006 to provide multidisciplinary research support to federal and state constituents for addressing the wide‐ranging issues surrounding the creation of an industry for unconventional oil production in the United States. Additionally, UHOP w...
9 Control strategies for abandoned in situ oil shale retorts1979-04In situ oil shale retorting may result in a number of environmental impacts including degradation of local surface and groundwaters, low resource recovery and subsidence. The target of present oil shale commercialization activities is the Mahogany zone in Colorado's Piceance Creek Basin. The princip...
10 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...
11 America's oil shale: A roadmap for federal decision making2004-12Oil shale resources; Oil supply; U.S. economy; Domestic oil shale; Oil production; Multi-agency Federal oil shale plan; Energy; Interior; Defense; Treasury; America; Import dependence; Natural gas by-products; Oil price; Oil supply and demandThe President and the Department of Energy have determined that increasing liquid fuels supply from domestic sources is an important national objective. America's rich and concentrated oil shale resources, containing as much as 2 trillion barrels of potential oil supply could make a major contributi...
12 Inventory of Sunnyside Tar Sands data: Located at the Utah Geological Survey2004-05-18Sunnyside Tar Sands data; Utah geological survey
13 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...
14 Wild lands and wilderness - Implications for Utah's unconventional fuels industry2011-05-17unconventional fuels industry; order 3310; maintain wilderness resource inventories; BLM; FLPMA; land managementPresentation given at the 2011 Unconventional Fuels Conference.
15 Strategic significance of America's oil shale resource: Volume 2--oil shale resources technology and economics2004-03oil shale resource; oil shale; alternative fuel source; oil shale technology.It is generally agreed that worldwide petroleum supply will eventually reach its productive limit, peak, and begin a long-term decline. What should the United States do to prepare for this event? An objective look at the alternatives points to the Nation s untapped oil shale as a strategically locat...
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 Environmental assessment: Tar sand in situ steam injection experiment1979-12LETC; in situ recovery of bitumen from tar sand; tar sand; bitumenThe U. S. Department of Energy - Laramie Energy Technology Center (LETC) intends to conduct a field experiment for the in situ recovery of bitumen from tar sand. The experimental site is located on a ten acre site approximately 6.5 miles West of Vernal, Utah. The operational phase of the experiment ...
18 Statement of project objectives: Phase 2--clean and secure energy from coal2009domestic coal resources; clean coal utilization; oxy-coal combustion; coal gasification; chemical looping combustion.The University of Utah (the Recipient), via their Institute for Clean and Secure Energy (ICSE), shall pursue research to utilize the vast energy stored in our domestic coal resources and do so in a manner that will capture CO2 from combustion from stationary power generation. The research is organiz...
19 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...
20 Clean and secure energy from domestic oil shale and oil sands resources: Quarterly progress report - April 2014-June 20142014domestic oil shale resources; domestic oil sands resources; ICSE; developing oil resources; CO2 management; utilization of oil shale and oil sands; liquid fuel production; in-situ thermal processing of oil shaleThe Clean and Secure Energy from Domestic Oil Shale and Oil Sands Resources program, part of the research agenda of the Institute for Clean and Secure Energy (ICSE) at the University of Utah, is focused on engineering, scientific, and legal research surrounding the development of these resources in ...
21 In situ recovery of oil from Utah tar sand: A summary of tar sand research at the Laramie Energy Technology Center1985-10in situ recovery; oil recovery; Utah tar sand; tar sand research; Laramie Energy Technology Center; LETC; future recovery of oil; U.S. tar sandsExecutive Summary: This report describes work done by the United States Department of Energy's Laramie Energy Technology Center (LETC) from 1971 through 1982 to develop technology for future recovery of oil from U.S. tar sands. Work was concentrated on major U.S. tar sand deposits that are found in ...
22 Assessment of research needs for oil recovery from heavy-oil sources and tar sands1982-03The Fossil Energy Research Working Group (FERWG), at the request of J. W. Mares (Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy) and A. W. Trivelpiece (Director, Office of Energy Research), has reviewed and evaluated the U.S. programs on oil recovery from heavy oil sources and tar sands. These studies were p...
23 Attachment 3--Statement of project objectives (mod 003)2009Project; Research; Tasks; Industry; Academic; Public outreach; ISCE; DOE; Department of Energy; Repository; Large Eddy Simulation; LES; ARCHES; Oxy-coal; DQMOM; Power generation; Retrofit; Gasification; Entrained-flow; Radiation modeling; In-situ fuel production; Mercury controlThis material is based upon work supported by the Department of Energy under Award Number FC26-08NT0005015. C. Tasks to be performed (Phase 2)
24 Assessment and control of water contamination associated with shale-oil extraction and processing1979; 1980The Los Alamos National Laboratory's research on assessment and control of water contamination associated with oil shale operations is directed toward the identification of potential water contamination problems and the evaluation of alternative control strategies for controlling contaminants releas...
25 Investigation and development of alternative methods for shale oil processing and analysis1983-04oil shale processing and analysis; alternative processing methods; oil shale retorting; kerogenI. Effects of selected wastes on Oil Shale Retorting. A. Background and Rationale. Oil shale-, a carbonaceous rock which occurs abundantly in the earth's crust, has been investigated for many years as an alternate source of fuel oil. The insoluble organic matter contained in such shales is termed "K...
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