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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) | 2007-09 | Oil 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 assessment | Against 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... |
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Interaction between reactivity and flow in the in-situ production of oil from oil shale | 2009-10-23 | in situ; oil shale | In-situ Oil Shale Processing: 1) Underground resources are heated by some means to convert insoluable/ impermeable kerogen into oil and gas products. 2) The interlinked processes of heat transfer, kerogen conversion and flow are complex. 3) This paper is an attempt to understand these linkages. |
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Geologic characterization of Utah oil shale deposits | 2010-04-28 | oil shale development; geologic framework; lake evolution; oil shale; stratigraphic correlation | Why Geology? Economic prospectivity of oil shale development in the Uinta Basin relies heavily on establishing a solid geologic framework. Understanding lake evolution matters. |
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Quarterly Progress Report Phase 3: Clean and Secure Energy from Coal - October 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011 | 2012-02-16 | domestic coal resources; CO2 capture; Oxy-Coal | The University of Utah is pursuing research to utilize the vast energy stored in our domestic coal resources and to do so in a manner that will capture CO2 from combustion from stationary power generation. The research is organized around the theme of validation and uncertainty quantification throug... |
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Quarterly Progress Report Phase 3: Clean and Secure Energy from Coal - July 1, 2011 to September 30, 2011 | 2011-09 | domestic coal resources; CO2 capture; OFC | The University of Utah is pursuing research to utilize the vast energy stored in our domestic coal resources and to do so in a manner that will capture CO2 from combustion from stationary power generation. The research is organized around the theme of validation and uncertainty quantification throug... |
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Quarterly Progress Report Phase 3: Clean and Secure Energy from Coal - April 1, 2012 to June 30, 2012 | 2012-07-01 | domestic coal resources; CO2 capture; stationary power generation; oxyfuel combustor (OFC) | The University of Utah is pursuing research to utilize the vast energy stored in our domestic coal resources and to do so in a manner that will capture CO2 from combustion from stationary power generation. The research is organized around the theme of validation and uncertainty quantification throug... |
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Quarterly Progress Report Phase 3: Clean and Secure Energy from Coal - October 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012 | 2013-01-01 | domestic coal resources; CO2 capture; Oxy-Coal; Gasification | The University of Utah is pursuing research to utilize the vast energy stored in our domestic coal resources and to do so in a manner that will capture CO2 from combustion from stationary power generation. The research is organized around the theme of validation and uncertainty quantification throug... |
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Quarterly Progress Report Phase 3: Clean and Secure Energy from Coal - January 1, 2012 to March 30, 2012 | 2010-05-01 | domestic coal resources; CO2 capture; OFC simulation | The University of Utah is pursuing research to utilize the vast energy stored in our domestic coal resources and to do so in a manner that will capture CO2 from combustion from stationary power generation. The research is organized around the theme of validation and uncertainty quantification throug... |
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Recovery of oil from Utah's tar sands | 1983-03-31 | Utah tar sands; bitumen cleaning; PRS-R tar sands; fluidized bed thermal recovery | This 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 ... |
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Recovery of bitumen from oil-impregnated sandstone deposits of Utah | 1975-11 | potential oil; bitumen; oil-impregnated sandstone (tar sand) deposits; tar sands; bitumen recovery | Utah contains at least 26 billion barrels of potential oil as bitumen in oil-impregnated sandstone (tar sand) deposits. As shown in this paper, these tar sands are significantly different in physical and chemical properties from commercially developed Canadian tar sands. These differences prevent di... |
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Recovery of oil from Utah's tar sands | 1979-11-30 | oil recovery; Utah tar sands; hot water recovery; thermal processing; synthetic fuel | This project is designed to develop necessary engineering data and technology for recovery of oil from Utah's tar sands. Progress reports for four major aspects of this project, namely Hot Water Recovery, Energy Recovery in Thermal Processing, Effect of Variables in Thermal Processing and Bitumen Pr... |
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Pore scale analysis of oil shale pyrolysis by X-ray CT and LB simulation | 2010-09-09 | pore scale analysis; oil shale pyrolysis; X-ray CT; LB simulation; oil shale; shale oil procuction; pore structure | There are important questions concerning the quality and volume of pore space that is created when oil shale is pyrolyzed for the purpose of producing shale oil. In this paper, we pyrolyzed 1.9 cm diameter cores at different temperatures and heating rates. Detailed 3D imaging of the core before and ... |
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Clean and Secure Energy from Domestic Oil Shale and Oil Sands Resources: Quarterly progress report - January 2015 to March 2015 | 2015 | quarterly report; domestic oil shale resources; domestic oil sands resources; unconventional fuels; oil shale; oil sands | The 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 ... |
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University of Utah and Utah Geological Survey Green River coring project summary | 2015-07 | Green River coring project; Skyline 16; oil shale deposits; Green River Formation | The University of Utah's Institute for Clean and Secure Energy and the Utah Geological Survey teamed up to drill 1000 feet of 4-inch diameter core in the upper Green River Formation oil shale deposits in the eastern Uinta Basin, Utah. The purpose was to recover nearly the entire oil shale zone (Para... |
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Skyline 16 information | 2015-07 | Skyline 16; preliminary stratigraphy of Skyline 16; Green River Formation; Protecore samples | |
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Sedimentology of oil-impregnated, lacustrine and fluvial sandstone, P.R. Spring area, southeast Uinta Basin, Utah | 1970-08 | sedimentology; lacustrine and fluvial sandstone; P. R. Spring area; Oil-impregnated lacustrine and fluvial sandstone | Oil-impregnated intervals, up to 75 feet thick within a stratigraphic interval of about 250 feet in the Garden Gulch and Parachute Creek Members of the Green River Formation (Eocene), are exposed in beds that dip gently northward in the P. R. Spring area. Reserve estimates indicate that there may be... |
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Subtask 3.2: Flameless oxy-gas process heaters for efficient CO2 capture | 2011-03-11 | Oxy-gas process heaters; efficient CO2 capture; oxy-gas combustion | This is a presentation given at the Unconventional Fuels from Oil Shale and Oil Sands Project Review Meeting in March 10-11, 2011. |
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Subtask 6.1: Engineering process models for economic impact analysis | 2011-03-10 | engineering process models; economic impact analysis; domestic heavy oil; developing domestic heavy oil/sands/shale resources | A presentation given at the Unconventional Fuels from Oil Shale and Oil Sands Project Review Meeting on March 10-11, 2011. In the project objectives, the purpose of assessment is to "Examine limiting factors to the development of domestic heavy oil, oil sands, and oil shale resources. Identify poli... |
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Subtask 4.3: Multiscale thermal processing of oil shale | 2011-03-10 | thermal processing; oil shale; oil shale treatment; thermal treatment | |
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Subtask 4.4: Effect of oil shale processing on water composition | 2011-03-10 | oil shale processing; water composition; unconventional fuels; oil shale; oil sands; oil shale development | A presentation at the Unconventional Fuels from Oil Shale and Oil Sands Project Review Meeting on March 10-11, 2011. The overall goal is to asses aquifers in the Uinta Basin to determine where saline water (produced along with conventional petroleum development) can be disposed without harming fresh... |
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Subtask 4.5: Pore scale analysis of oil shale/sands pyrolysis | 2011-03-10 | pore scale analysis; oil shale pyrolysis; oil sands pyrolysis; x-ray CT; pore network structure; flow simulation; LB method | A presentation given at the Unconventional Fuels from Oil Shale and Oil Sands Project Review Meeting on March 10-11, 2011. |
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Opportunities for oxy-firing to reduce life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuels | 2011-03-10 | GHG; oxy-firing; reduce greenhouse gas emissions; transportation fuel emissions; CO2 analysis; oil sands | The outline covers in this presentation covers: GHGs and the transportation fuel cycle. Motivation for reducing GHG emissions. Use of oxy-firing for CO2 capture in refining of conventional fuel. Use of oxy-firing for extraction and upgrading of oil sands. GHG emissions from other scenarios Would oxy... |
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Subtask 4.6: Kerogen/asphaltene/mineral matrix: Structure and interactions | 2011-03-10 | DOE review meeting; mineral matrix; recover organic material from oil shale/sands | A presentation given at the Unconventional Fuels from Oil Shale and Oil Sands Project Review Meeting on March 10-11, 2011. |
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Development of HPC-based simulations tool for in situ thermal processing of oil shale/sands | HPC-based simulations tool; in situ thermal processing; oil shale; oil sands; commercial production of oil shale; ecoshale in-capsule process | A presentation given at the Unconventional Fuels from Oil Shale and Oil Sands Project Review Meeting on March 10-11, 2011. | |
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DOE project review: Subtask 4.2 (B): Examination of in situ production models | 2011-03-11 | DOE project review; in situ production models; oil shale; unconventional fuels; oil sands; geomechanics; general reservoir simulation tool | A presentation given at the Unconventional Fuels from Oil Shale and Oil Sands Project Review Meeting on March 10-11, 2011. The objectives of the presentation is the examination of in-situ production methods, different in-situ production method options, rigorous energy and carbon balances, exploratio... |