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151 Engineering prospects of a field test thermal recovery of oil from tar sands Asphalt Ridge, Uintah County, Utah1959-04-25tar sand deposits; thermal recovery methods; tar sand; oil field; Asphalt RidgeIn late 1956 Sohio acquired certain interests in tar sand deposits at Asphalt Ridge a few miles west of Vernal, Utah. During 1957 and 1953 we conducted an extensive coring program to evaluate those shallower areas most susceptible to mining and air injection tests to evaluate those deeper areas most...
152 Uinta Basin tar sand deposits1990Uinta Basin; Tar sand deposits; UtahThis report addresses an important need to the State of Utah; to define, tabulate, and document an economic resource which has aroused the interest of industry and academia and which is vastly undeveloped and little understood as to its potential. The need for this report has grown since the last ta...
153 Clean and secure energy from domestic oil shale and oil sands resources: Quarterly progress report: January 2013 to March 20132013ICSE; Domestic oil shale; Oil sands; CO2 management; AMSO; Uinta Basin; KerogenThe 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 ...
154 Water, Energy, and Carbon Management Issues and Assessment Models for Oil Shale Development in the Piceance Basin of the Western Energy Corridor2010-08-04fossil resources; oil shale; water management; energy management; carbon management; oil shale development; Piceance Basin; Western Energy CorridorThe Western United States contains rich fossil resources including abundant supplies of oil shale that could be used to develop substantial quantities of transportation fuel, enhancing energy security in the United States. Development of these resources poses significant questions regarding water re...
155 Modeling in situ extraction of heavy oil deposits2008-03-12in situ extraction; heavy oil deposits; in-situ conversion; ShellA presentation given at the D.O.E. Project Review Meeting, on March 12, 2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
156 Field experiment of in-situ oil recovery from a Utah tar sand by reverse combustion1976in-situ oil recovery; Utah tar sand; reverse combustion; oil recoveryPart of the mission of the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) is to develop all energy sources to meet the needs of present and future generations. Toward that mission the Laramie Energy Research Center (LERC) is conducting research and field experiments for the development of rec...
157 Tar sand research and development at the University of Utah1987tar sand research; tar sand development; hydrocarbon recovery; extensive tar sand deposits; in situ thermal production; bitumen; surface mining; hydrocarbon liquidThe recovery of hydrocarbon values from the extensive tar sand deposits of North America has generally been approached by one of two methods: in situ thermal production of the bitumen or of a bitumen-derived liquid or surface mining of the deposit followed by processing of the mined ore. In either a...
158 Clean and secure energy from coal, oil shale, and oil sands: Revised quarterly progress report: April 1, 2009 to June 30, 20092009-08-13CASE; Energy development; Electric power generation; Liquid transportation fuels; Coal; Oil sands; Oil shale; Clean Coal Program; Oil Shale and Sands Program; OSSP; Policy Environment, and Economics Program; PEEP; CO2 capture; sequestration; Gasification; Chemical looping combustion; CLC; Ash-partit...The University of Utah Clean and Secure Energy (CASE) project is pursuing interdisciplinary, cradle-to-grave research and development of energy for electric power generation and for liquid transportation fuels from the abundant domestic resources of coal, oil sands, and oil shale. Its work is divide...
159 Clean and secure energy from domestic oil shale and oil sands resources: Quarterly progress report: April 2013 to June 20132013Quarterly Progress Report; April 2013 to June 2013; DE-FE0001243; Oil Shale; Oil Sands; CO2 management; Uinta Basin; Greenhouse gas; GHG emissions; oxyfiring; Utah; WTP; Ex situ; In situThe 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 ...
160 Clean and secure energy from domestic oil shale and oil sands resources: Quarterly progress report: October 2011 to December 20112012-01ICSE; University of Utah; AMSO; American Shale Oil; Strategic Alliance Reserve; SAR; Utah Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining; DOGM; Large eddy simulation; LES; International Flame Research Foundation; IFRF; Flamelet; Pyrolysis; Kerogen; Thermogravimetric analysis; TGA; CO2 enhanced oil recovery; EORThe Clean and Secure Energy from Domestic Oil Shale and Oil Sands Resources program is part of the research agenda of the Institute for Clean and Secure Energy (ICSE) at the University of Utah. The Clean and Secure Energy program hosted an External Advisory Board on November 1-2, 2011 and the kickof...
161 Geology and resources of the Tar Sand Triangle, southeastern Utah1984-05Tar Sand Triangle; geology and resources; Dirty Devil; Colorado River; wellsDirty Devil and Colorado Rivers and covers an area of about 200 square miles. The geology of the area consists of gently northwest dipping strata exposed in-the box canyons and slopes of the canyonlands morphology. Strata in the area range in age from Jurassic to Permian. The majority of tar sand sa...
162 Clean and secure energy from domestic oil shale and oil sands resources: Quarterly progress report: July 2010 to September 20102010-10ICSE; Oil shale; Oil sands; University of Utah; Marriott Library; Macroscale CO2 analysis; CO2 capture; Flameless oxy-gas process heaters; Liquid fuel production; In-situ thermal processingThe Clean and Secure Energy from Domestic Oil Shale and Oil Sands Resources program is part of the research agenda of the Institute for Clean and Secure Energy (ICSE) at the University of Utah. In this quarter, the Clean and Secure Energy program was involved in multiple technology transfer and outr...
163 Control of geological carbon sequestration in the western United States2011-05coal; carbon dioxide; electric utilities; carbon sequestration; sequestration; geological sequestration; climate changeIn the near future, the use of coal may be legally restricted due to concerns over the effects of its combustion on atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. Carbon capture and geologic sequestration offer one method to reduce carbon emissions from coal and other hydrocarbon fuel. While the federal...
164 Current activity in oil production from U.S. tar sands1979-06-12Oil Production; U.S. tar sands; UNITAR; Oil shale; Tar sands; Utah; Oil recovery; Heavy oil; Gas; Hydrocarbon material; Viscous crudes; Oil deposits; Texas; California; New Mexico; KentuckyIn a 1978 paper "Important for the Future" issued by UNITAR, reference was made to a quotation from a study by Resources for the Future, entitled "Energy in the American Economy: 1850-1975," by Messrs. Schurr and Netschert. The quotation is: "Relatively simple calculations of the volume of oil shale...
165 Development of Utah tar sands--a status report1977The hydrocarbon resource locked in Utah's tar sands has been estimated to be in excess of 25 billion barrels. Tar sands, known variously as oil sands, bituminous sandstone, or oil-impregnated sandstone, cannot be recovered by conventional primary or secondary petroleum recovery techniques because of...
166 High-temperature reactors for underground liquid-fuels production with direct carbon sequestration2008-03-20high-temperature reactors; underground liquid-fuels production; direct carbon sequestration; oil; heavy oil; tar sands; oil shale; coal; liquid fuelsThe world faces two major challenges: (1) reducing dependence on oil from unstable parts of the world and (2) minimizing greenhouse gas emissions. Oil provides 39% of the energy needs of the United States, and oil refineries consume over 7% of the total energy. The world is running out of light crud...
167 Fischer Assay Data, Utah Geological Survey Well Number U1132008This dataset contains the results of Fischer assay analyses obtained and published by the Utah Geological Survey for well U113.
168 The search for a source rock for the giant Tar Sand Triangle accumulation, southeastern Utah1999-03source rock; giant Tar Sand Triangle; southeastern Utah; oil resource; heavy oil and tar; oil; Tar Sand Triangle accumulation; thermal modelingA large proportion (about 36%) of the world's oil resource is contained in accumulations of heavy oil or tar. In these large deposits of degraded oil, the oil in place represents only a fraction of what was present at the time of accumulation. In many of these deposits, the source of the oil is unkn...
169 Classification, petrographic expression, and reflectance of native bitumen1998-11-19Native bitumen is naturally occurring, solid organic material that originates, with few exceptions, from material expelled by sedimentary organic matter during catagenesis. Note that, in this text, the word bitumen is used to mean "native bitumen" rather than the common meaning of organic matter ext...
170 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.
171 Update on North American oil shale, oil sands, and heavy oil resource development2008-03-12Unconventional fuel resources; U.S.; Canada; RH&D; Oil shale; Oil sandsLarge unconventional fuel resources exist in the U.S. & Canada -Processing technologies for oil sands are well-developed in Canada, but those processes cannot be directly applied to U.S. resources; oil shale processing technologies have yet to be commercialized -RH&D leases are a roadmap for future ...
172 Resource evaluation of selected tar-sand deposits in southern Oklahoma1987-11-02resource evaluation; tar-sand deposits; southern Oklahoma; sulphur deposit; bitumen contentThe cooperative program between the Oklahoma Geological Survey and the U.S. Department of Energy has permitted evaluation of specific tar-sand deposits in Carter and Murray counties, Oklahoma. The Sulphur deposit was evaluated by a combination of industry and DOE-OGS boreholes. Bitumen content of th...
173 Method and apparatus for recovering viscous petroleum from thick tar sand1978-10-17viscous petroleum recovery; thick tar sand; closed-loop flow tath; production well; patentRecovery of viscous petroleum such as from a thick tar sand formation is assisted using a closed-loop flow path formed in a production well extending from the earth's surface through a substantial portion of the formation for conducting hot fluid to reduce the viscosity of the petroleum in the forma...
174 Method of recovering viscous petroleum from thick tar sand1977-02-22Patent; Viscous petroleum recovery; Thick tar sandRecovery of viscous petroleum such as from thick tar sands is assisted using a closed-loop flow path formed in a well by concentric casing and tubular members extending from the earth's surface through a substantial portion of the formation for conducting hot fluid to reduce the viscosity of the pet...
175 Properties of Utah tar sands--Flat Rock Mesa area, Hill Creek deposit1976-04-01Flat Rock Mesa Area; Hill Creek tar sand deposit; tar sand zoneThis report presents the results of analyses of three cores from the Flat Rock Mesa area in the Hill Creek tar sand deposit in northeastern Utah. Two major tar sand zones exist in the Flat Rock Mesa area and have net thicknesses ranging from 55 to 81 ft. The overall tar sand section has good porosit...
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