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1 Completion for tar sand substratePatent; Hydrocarbons; Subterranean formation; Well; Liner; Bitumen; Bitumen emulsion; Hydrocarbon recovery; Tar sand; Tar sand substrateMethod and apparatus for recovering hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation in which a well completion, including a well liner, lies in a generally horizontal disposition within the hydrocarbon productive substrate. The liner encloses conductor means for delivering a stream of a hot stimulating a...
2 Control of process aid used in hot water process for extraction of bitumen from tar sand1984-07-31Tar sand; Bitumen; Tar sand feed; Free surfactant content; Slurry; Bitumen froth recovery; Bitumen; Hot water process; Bitumen extraction; Extraction circuitThe hot water process is sensitive to the nature of the tar sand feed, which varies. An alkaline process aid, usually NaOH, is normally added to the conditioning step of the process and is needed to obtain good bitumen recovery from most tar sand feeds. The invention is based on the discovery that, ...
3 Combined surface and in situ tar sand bitumen production1985-02-19Patent; Combined surface and in situ tar sand bitumen product; In-situ combustion; Tar sand; Unminable tar sand formation; Hydrogen sulfide; H2S; Minable tar; Forward in-situ combustion; Reverse in-situ combustionIn-situ combustion of tar sand formations is improved by introducing into an unminable tar sand formation prior to initiation of in-situ combustion hydrogen sulfide produced from upgrading tar sands from a minable tar sand formation in an area proximate the area of the unminable formation. The strea...
4 Coking contaminated oil shale or tar sand oil on retorted solid fines1985-03-26Patent; Heavy oil; Oil shale; Tar sand oil; Coking; Pyrolysis oil vapors; Retorted solid fines; Pyrolysis oil; Inert stripping gas; Coking contaminatedHeavy oil fraction of pyrolysis oil vapors containing concentrated contaminants is coked on retorted fine solids contained in a coking zone separate from a retorting vessel characterized by the presence of an inert stripping gas of a rate sufficient to lower the dew point of the pyrolysis oil.
5 Constructing a basin-scale geologic model2013-05-07Unconventional fuels; Green River Formation; Uinta Basin; Geologic model; Workflow; Reservoir; Basin-scale modelPresentation given at the University of Utah Unconventional Fuels Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 7, 2013.
6 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...
7 Analysis of crude shale oil1952-08A laboratory method for examining crude shale oil is described. The method uses only about 500 ml. of sample and a limited number of analytical determinations. Results provide information on the general characteristics and composition of an oil and serve as a basis for comparing different oils. Howe...
8 Ambient froth flotation process for the recovery of bitumen from tar sand1984-01-10Patent; Bitumen; Tar sand; Admixing raw tar sand; Tar sand slurry; Milling; Froth flotations; Ambient temperatures; Concentrated bitumen tar sand product; Oil; Recycle and recoveryA method for upgrading the bitumen content of tar sands, wherein a raw tar sand slurry admixture of tar sands, water, collectors, and dispersing/wetting agents is milled; conditioned and then separated by a series of froth flotations at ambient temperatures from about 2.degree. C. to about 25.degree...
9 Apparatus for the treatment of tar sand froth1976-07-06Patent; Tar Sand Froth; Improved recycling disc-type centrifuge; Converting flow direction; Recycled underflowAn improved disc recycling type of centrifuge apparatus which includes means for converting the flow direction of the recycled underflow and causing the recycled underflow to self impact.
10 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...
11 Apparatus for extracting bitumen from tar sand1982-01-19Patent; Extracting bitumen from tar sand; Extraction chambers; Countercurrent flow; Plurality; Individually sealed pressure adjusted interconnected extraction chambers in series; Tar sand; BitumenA method and apparatus for extracting bitumen from tar sand utilizes a plurality of individually sealed pressure adjusted interconnected extraction chambers in which the tar sand flows countercurrent to the flow of solvent with mixing in each extraction chamber of solvent and tar sand. Tar sand is p...
12 An overview of the Chinese UCG program2007-08-11Coal; China; Underground Coal Gasification; UCG; Two-stage gasification; Chinese UCG program; EnergyCoal is the dominant source of energy in China, but about 50% of the coal resource is left underground unmined. Because of this, the "long-tunnel, large section, two-stage" Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) technology has been put forward, and the UCG model platform has been built. Simulation test...
13 Air quality in the Uintah Basin2013-05-07ICSE; Unconventional fuels; Air quality; Air pollution; Uintah Basin; Ozone; Pollutant concentrations; Inversions; VOC; UtahPresentation given at the University of Utah Unconventional Fuels Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 7, 2013.
14 Proposed oil shale and tar sands resource management plan amendments to address land use allocations in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming and final programmatic environmental impact statement: Volume 3: Chapters 7, 8, and 9 and appendices A-1: Volume 4: Comments and responses (CD)2008-09oil shale; tar sands; resource management plan; developing energy resources; domestic energy resources.In August 2005, the U.S. Congress enacted the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law (P.L.) 109-58. In Section 369 of this Act, titled the "Oil Shale, Tar Sands, and Other Strategic Unconventional Fuels Act of 2005", Congress declared that oil shale and tar sands (and other unconventional fuels) are ...
15 Proposed oil shale and tar sands resource management plan amendments to address land use allocations in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming and final programmatic environmental impact statement: Volume 2: Chapters 5 and 62008-09oil shale; tar sand; resource management; resource management amendments; domestic energy resource.In August 2005, the U.S. Congress enacted the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law (P.L.) 109-58. In Section 369 of this Act, titled the "Oil Shale, Tar Sands, and Other Strategic Unconventional Fuels Act of 2005", Congress declared that oil shale and tar sands (and other unconventional fuels) are ...
16 Proposed oil shale and tar sands resource management plan amendments to address land use allocations in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming and final programmatic environmental impact statement: Volume 4: Comments and responses2008-11oil shale; tar sand; resource management plan; domestic energy resources.In August 2005, the U.S. Congress enacted the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law (P.L.) 109-58. In Section 369 of this Act, titled the "Oil Shale, Tar Sands, and Other Strategic Unconventional Fuels Act of 2005", Congress declared that oil shale and tar sands (and other unconventional fuels) are ...
17 Proposed oil shale and tar sands resource management plan amendments to address land use allocations in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming and final programmatic environmental impact statement: Volume 1: Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 42008-09oil shale; tar sands; resource management; domestic energy resources.In August 2005, the U.S. Congress enacted the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law (P.L.) 109-58. In Section 369 of this Act, titled the "Oil Shale, Tar Sands, and Other Strategic Unconventional Fuels Act of 2005", Congress declared that oil shale and tar sands (and other unconventional fuels) are ...
18 Powder River Basin Underground Coal Gasification2009-06-24underground coal gasification; underground coal; gasification; in situ coal gasifier; fossil energy.This presentation addresses the question of "what is Underground Coal Gasification?"
19 Northwest Asphalt Ridge tar sand deposit well logging and coring comparison1983-03Well logging techniques; Vernal, Utah; Rimrock Sandstone Member; Quantitative well logging techniques; LoggingQuantitative well logging techniques were performed on four wells used to conduct a small scale tar sand steamflood and four additional wells used to provide reservoir data for the design of a fourth field experiment near Vernal, Utah. The purposes of this study were to: summarize and present the lo...
20 Morgantown Energy Technology Center publications list, FY 881989-02Morgantown Energy Technology Center; METCThe Publications List includes the scientific and technical reports and papers authored by the Morgantown Energy Technology Center (METC) staff as well as those written by METC contractors during Fiscal Year 1988. The reports and papers are arranged by METC areas of expertise: Arctic and Offshore, C...
21 Oil impregnated carbonate rocks of the Timpoweap Member Moenkopi Formation, Hurricane Cliffs area, Utah and Arizona1979Oil impregnated rocks; Hurricane Cliffs; Utah; Arizona; Timpoweap Member; Triassic Moenkopi Formation; Timpoweap Canyon; Hurricane, UtahOil impregnated rocks crop out at several localities near the Hurricane Cliffs in southwestern Utah and adjacent Arizona. The most significant petroliferous deposits occur in the Timpoweap Member of the Triassic Moenkopi Formation in Timpoweap Canyon and the Hurricane Cliffs south of Hurricane, Utah...
22 Oil and gas evolution kinetics for oil shale and petroleum source rocks determined from pyrolysis-TQMS data at multiple heating rates1991-11Evolution kinetics; Oil shale; Petroleum source rocks; Pyrolysis-TQMS data; Programmed-temperature pyrolysis; Triple-quadrupole mass spectrometry; Hydrous pyrolysisSeven oil shales and petroleum source rocks were subjected to programmed-temperature pyrolysis at heating rates of 1 and 10 °C/min using triple-quadrupole mass spectrometry to monitor volatile compound evolution. Kinetic parameters were determined for evolution of hydrocarbons and various heteroato...
23 Oil and gas evolution kinetics for oil shale and petroleum source rocks determined from pyrolysis-TQMS data at two heating rates1992-04Volatile compound evolution; Oil shales; Petroleum source rocks; Programmed-temperature pyrolysis; Triple-quadrupole mass spectrometry; Hydrous pyrolysisSeven oil shales and petroleum source rocks were subjected to programmedtemperature pyrolysis at heating rates of 1 and 10 °C/min using triple-quadrupole mass spectrometry to monitor volatile compound evolution. Kinetic parameters were determined for evolution of hydrocarbons and various heteroatom...
24 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...
25 Oil impregnated sandstone study near Bruin Point and Range Creek--Sunnyside Quadrangle1972-06Book Cliffs; Sunnyside, Utah; Oil impregnated sandstons; Bruin Point; Range Creek; Dry Creek; Carbon County; Lower Green RiverAn investigation into the oil sandstones in the Book Cliffs area northest of Sunnyside, Utah, showed an eastward continuation of the oil impregnated sandstones (oiss) previously mapped (USGS, OM 86, 1948). The survey was conducted from June 19 through 21, 1972 by Sam Quigley and D. Craig Mann. The a...
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