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Microstructural distribution of sulfur during the retorting and oxidation of oil shale | 1982-11 | Oil shale; Retorting; Combustion; Sulfur; Microstructural distribution | We report here the first direct observations of the mineralogical and chemical changes in oil shale caused by retorting and combustion. Electron microprobe and scanning electron microscopy techniques were used to examine a portion of the surface area of a sample in the raw shale state, the same area... |
| 227 |
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory oil shale | 1983-08-09 | oil shale; oil shale project; pyrolysis; quarterly report. | Our general chemical kinetic model for oil shale pyrolysis has been further developed. The reactions included in tne model are primary pyrolysis of kerogen, vaporization of liquid oil, coking of liquid oil, hydrogenation of liquid oil, cracking of liquid oil, cracking of oil vapor, secondary and ter... |
| 228 |
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Geology and resources of the Tar Sand Triangle, southeastern Utah | 1984-05 | Tar Sand Triangle; geology and resources; Dirty Devil; Colorado River; wells | Dirty 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... |
| 229 |
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Informational core drilling in Utah's oil-impregnated sandstone deposits, southeast Uinta Basin Uinta Couny, Utah | 1974-02 | core drilling; Utah's oil-impregnated sandstone deposits; coring; Rim Rock; P. R. Spring; Hill Creek | This program was undertaken under Grant No. GO122094 from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines to the Utah Geological and Mineral Survey, dated June 15, 1972. Amount of the grant was $77, 200. Principal investigator was Howard R. Ritzma, Petroleum Geologist, Utah Geological and Miner... |
| 230 |
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Kerogen oil value enhancement research | 2002-05-22 | Kerogen; Kerogen oil; oil value enhancement; pure compounds; broad range concentrates; sweet refinery feedstock. | Three general categories of products from the Estonia Kukersite kerogen oil were defined: pure compounds, broad range concentrates, and sweet refinery feedstock. Product development and market research center on these three categories. Further attempts were made to identify and test chemical approac... |
| 231 |
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In situ recovery of oil from Utah tar sand: A summary of tar sand research at the Laramie Energy Technology Center | 1985-10 | in situ recovery; oil recovery; Utah tar sand; tar sand research; Laramie Energy Technology Center; LETC; future recovery of oil; U.S. tar sands | Executive 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 ... |
| 232 |
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Interpretation of fischer assay data for the evaluation of analcime-bearing oil shale in the Green River Formation, Colorado and Utah | 1975 | fischer assay data; analcime-bearing oil shale; Green River Formation; potential oil yeild of sediments | Using Fischer assay data, an empirical method has been devised for distinguishing analcime-rich oil shale from oil shale which is essentially free of analcime in the Parachute Creek Member, Green River Formation, Colorado and Utah. This method permits evaluation of Fischer assay data in order to com... |
| 233 |
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Identification by 13C NMR of carbon types in shale oil and their relationship to pyrolysis conditions | 1983-04 | shale oil; multiple-pulse techniques; shale oil characterization; identification of carbon types; pyrolysis conditions | A number of samples of shale oil prepared under various conditions have been examined by 13C NMR using multiple-pulse techniques that allow carbon-type assignments. Previous assignments by Netzel et al (1981) are confirmed and several new ones made. Product chemistry is then examined as a function o... |
| 234 |
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In situ RF heating for oil sand and heavy-oil deposits | 1985-05 | in situ RF heating; oil sand; heavy-oil deposits; IITRI; energy efficiency; in situ radio-frequency heating process; oil shale; tar sand | Since the mid 1970s, IIT Research Institute (IITRI) has been developing an energy efficient, in situ radio-frequency (RF) heating process. Large blocks of oil shale or tar sand typically found in the Western United States have been emplanted with closely spaced electrodes and excited electromagnetic... |
| 235 |
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Geologic evaluation and reservoir properties of the PR Spring tar sand deposit, Uintah and Grand counties, Utah | 1985-01 | reservoir properties; PR Spring tar sand deposit; tar sand | In 1980, the Laramie Energy Technology Center completed a seven corehole drilling program at the PR Spring tar sand deposit, southeastern Uinta Basin, Utah. The data from this project were integrated with other resource information to complete lithologic correlations, to evaluate general reservoir p... |
| 236 |
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Inventory of Sunnyside Tar Sands data: Located at the Utah Geological Survey | 2004-05-18 | Sunnyside Tar Sands data; Utah geological survey | |
| 237 |
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Kinetics of Colorado oil shale pyrolysis in a fluidized-bed reactor | 1985-05 | kinetics of Colorado oil shale pyrolysis; fluidized-bed reactor; oil shale pyrolysis; oil shale; hydrocarbon evolution | The hydrocarbon evolution data of Richardson et al. (1982) is reanalyzed to determine improved rate expressions for oil generation from Colorado oil shale under rapid pyrolysis conditions. Contributions from low molecular weight gases are subtracted from flame ionization detector data to obtain the ... |
| 238 |
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Geologic summary report of the 1984 exploration program, Sunnyside Tar Sands project, Carbon County, Utah--volume 1 | 1985-06 | geologic summary; exploration program; tar sands; Sunnyside tar sand deposit. | The 1984 Sunnyside exploration program consisted of: (1) diamond drilling of fifteen drill holes, (2) logging of all core and (3) additional geological mapping in the north area to better define the limits of the tar sands associated with the Sunnyside delta complex. Both regional and detailed geolo... |
| 239 |
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Ground-water flow and migration of hydrocarbons to the Lower Permian White Rim Sandstone, Tar Sand Triangle, southeastern Utah | 1995 | ground-water flow; migration of hydrocarbons; hydrocarbons; Lower Permian White Rim Sandstone; Tar Sand Triangle; heavy oil | The Lower Permian White Rim Sandstone in the Tar Sand Triangle of southeastern Utah contains an estimated 12.5-16 billion barrels of heavy oil. Despite the large size of the deposit, the source of its oil is unknown. This paper systematically discusses source rocks for this petroleum from the standp... |
| 240 |
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Heavy oil and natural bitumen-strategic petroleum resources | 2003-07 | heavy oil; natural bitumen; strategic petroleum resources; conventional oil; light oil | Because conventional light oil can typically be produced at a high rate and a low cost, it has been used before other types of oil. Thus, conventional oil accounts for a declining share of the Earth's remaining oil endowment. In addition to assessing conventional oil resources, scientists of the U.S... |
| 241 |
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Heavy-oil resources of the United States | 1995 | heavy-oil resources; United States; petroleum; heavy oil | Petroleum is considered to originate from marine and terrestrial organic matter (composed principally of hydrogen and carbon) buried along with sediment. The organic molecules are eventually broken by thermal stress encountered during progressive burial. The product of this heating can be liquid and... |
| 242 |
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Geologic summary report of the 1988 exploration program, Sunnyside Tar Sands project, Carbon County, Utah--volume 1 | 1989-06-01 | geologic summary report; exploration program; Sunnyside tar sands project; tar sand | The 1988 field program focused on completion and logging of twelve core drill holes and three measured sections. Five marker beds were established within the Parachute Creek Member and include the Wavy Bedded Tuff, Mahogany oil shale, R-5 oil shale, lower tuff and Blue Marker containing the R-2 oil ... |
| 243 |
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Instrumental analysis of tars and their correlations in oil-impregnated sandstone beds, Uintah and Grand Counties, Utah | 1971-10 | tar analysis; oil-impregnated sandstone beds; sandstone. | The Wasatch, Green River and Uinta formations, in ascending order make up the normal sequence of exposed Eocene rocks in the southeast Uinta Basin, Uintah and Grand counties, Utah. They dip northward towards the center of the basin, relatively undisturbed by faulting, and exhibit a system of promine... |
| 244 |
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Geology and tar sand resource Nine Mile Ranch and vicinity Carbon County, Utah: Sunnyside and Cottonwood-Jack Canyon tar sand deposits | 1984-03 | tar sand resource; oil production; Nine Mile Ranch; geology; Sunnyside; Cottonwood-Jack Canyon; tar sand deposits | A very major tar sand resource is located within the study area. This is estimated on a reconnaissance basis at 4.16 billion barrels (gross) of oil in place in beds from a few to more than 700 feet in thickness extending over about 39,400 acres. About 2.50 billion barrels of the total is on lands co... |
| 245 |
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Geologic influences on the in situ processing of tar sand at the northwest Asphalt Ridge deposit, Utah | 1985-01 | in situ oil recovery field experiments; oil recovery; tar sand; in situ tar sand processing; Asphalt Ridge deposit | The Laramie Energy Technology Center, Department of Energy, completed three in situ oil recovery field experiments, two combustion and one steamflood, in tar sand at Northwest Asphalt Ridge, Utah. Inadequate resource and site characterization prior to the field experiments contributed to process des... |
| 246 |
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Geologic summary report of the 1986 exploration program, Sunnyside tar sands project, Carbon County, Utah--volume 1 | 1987-07-19 | geologic summary report; exploration program; Sunnyside tar sands project; hydrocarbon leases; tar sand. | The 1986 exploration program focused on detailed geological and geophysical field work in outlying areas of hydrocarbon leases east of Mt. Bartles. Field work was also completed in the Whitmore Canyon area. The field program extended from June 16 through September 19. During this time geological and... |
| 247 |
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Green River oil shale potential in Utah | 1963-01 | Green River oil shale; oil shale potential; oil shale; Green River formation; oil reserves; oil shale extraction | The Green River formation of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming contains the greatest potential reserves of oil in the world. The problem has been that of finding an economical method of extraction. The first economic study of the oil shale in Utah started in 1913 (Woodruff and Day, 1914). Since that time ... |
| 248 |
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Geologic summary report of the Sunnyside Tar Sands project, Carbon County, Utah | 1981-02-04 | geologic summary report; Sunnyside Tar Sands project; tar sands | The project area is located in the southwest portion of the Uinta Basin, near the northeast portion of the San Rafael Swell and localized within a small delta complex that formed in Lake Uinta during early Tertiary. The delta complex encompasses dimensions approximately 4-6 miles parallel to the anc... |
| 249 |
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Investigation of the ROPE® process performance on Sunnyside tar sand | 1990-07 | ROPE process; Sunnyside tar sand; Western Research Institute; WRI; recycle oil pyrolysis and extraction process; in situ recovery process economics; tar sand | Western Research Institute (WRI) is developing the Recycle Oil Pyrolysis and Extraction (ROPE®) process. Results to date indicate that this process could assist existing surface recovery process economics by producing higher yields of feedstocks from tar sand for the production of unleaded gasoline... |
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Incipient fluidization characteristics of crushed oil shale | 1983-02-01 | incipient fluidization characteristics; oil shale; incipient fluidization; gas velocity; petroleum refining | We have measured the gas velocity for incipient fluidization of crushed shale as a function of particle size, particle-size distribution, shale grade, crushing method and temperature. This velocity varied as the square of particle size for 0.0063- to 0.1-cm particles ano approximately as the square ... |