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Utah Geological Survey: Core sample library catalog | 2004-07-15 | tar sands; core samples; Utah Geological Survey | |
| 352 |
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Toward a definition of tar sands | 1930-08-07 | defining tar sands; tar sands; Tar Sands Workshop; technical data concerning tar sands; heavy oil; quantitative standards | This report summarizes information presented during the Tar Sands Workshop sponsored by the Department of Energy/Resource Applications (RA), Office of Oil and Natural Gas at the U.S. Geological Survey in Reston on August 7, 1980 . No definition suitable for RA's purposes currently exists that distin... |
| 353 |
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Tribal Energy Development | 2011-05-17 | indian reserves; energy development; energy resources; energy production from tribal lands; unconventional fuels | Indian tribes throughout this country own a substantial amount of untapped energy resources. Energy production from tribal lands equals ten percent of the total federal onshore production of energy minerals. Indian-owned energy resources are still largely undeveloped: 1.81 million acres are being ex... |
| 354 |
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Tract summary report, Golden Corral combined hydrocarbon tract, Wayne County, Utah | 1982-10-06 | tract summary report; hydrocarbon tract; stratigraphy; structural geology; tar sand deposits; bitumen impregnated rock; bitumen | |
| 355 |
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Environmental impact of the oil sands development | 2010-04-28 | unconventional fuels conference; unconventional fuels; environmental impact; oil sands development; bitumen production; oil sands; bitumen extraction; oil sands mining; global significance of oil sand resources | This presentation goes over an introduction to oil sands production and extraction, greenhouse gases, water, land disturbance, tailings, and reclamation. This presentation was given at the 2010 Unconventional Fuels Conference: Production of Fuels from Oil Shale, Oil Sands, and Coal. |
| 356 |
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Treatment of primary tailings and middlings from the hot water extraction process for recovering bitumen from tar sand | 1985-10-08 | primary tailing treatment; primary middling treatment; hot water extraction process; bitumen recovery; tar sand | The primary tailings and middlings are combined and fed to a vessel having the general form of a deep cone thickener. The feed is deflected outwardly and generally horizontally by a baffle, as it is delivered to the vessel. Simultaneously, the outwardly radiating layer of newly added feed is contact... |
| 357 |
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Towanta Lineament, Northern Utah | 1974-06 | Towanta Lineament; geologic mapping; mineralization; relation to ground water | A lineament, herein called the Towanta Lineament, was first noticed on a composite raised relief map of Utah and has been traced on aerial and satellite photograph)' and topographic maps for about 220 miles (350 kms.). Parrs of the eastern half have been examined in the field. The lineament extends ... |
| 358 |
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Trace metals in heavy crude oils and tar sand bitumens | 1990-11-28 | trace metals; heavy crude oils; tar sand bitumens; bulk metals levels; size behavior; ultra-trace metals | Fe, Ni, and V are considered trace impurities in heavy crude oils and tar sand bitumens. These metals are important in the petroleum industry, particularly because they are deleterious to petroleum upgrading catalysts and present potential biomarkers and diagenesis indicators. In order to understand... |
| 359 |
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Transmittal of geochemical results Tar Sand Triangle, Circle Cliffs, and San Rafael Swell outcrop samples | 1987-10-13 | geochemical evaluation; Tar Sand Triangle; outcrop samples; heavy oil | Geochemical evaluation of, heavy oil from twelve selected outcrop samples collected by UGMS geologists is complete. Four samples each from the Tar Sand Triangle, Circle Cliffs, and San Rafael Swell were included in this study. Extracts from the White Rim Sandstone host rock (Permian) and Moenkopi Fo... |
| 360 |
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The extraction of bitumen from western oil sands | 1994-03 | bitumen extraction; western oil sands; oil sands; final report; oil sand recovery technologies; environmental impacts; health and safety procedures | The information required for compliance with the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) has been documented in this section. This final report has been prepared to reflect the research and development activities performed under the cooperative agreement 89MC26268 between the University of Utah... |
| 361 |
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Utah geological and mineral survey report of investigation: The Hill Creek oil-impregnated sandstone deposit | 1985-09 | geological and mineral survey; Hill Creek deposit; oil-impregnated sandstone | The Hill Creek oil-impregnated sandstone deposit is located on the rugged, southern flank of the Uinta Basin, in Uintah County, Utah. It lies westward of the P.R. Springs oil-impregnated sandstone deposit, being separated by the Willow Creek drainage system. It also lies eastward of the Sunnyside oi... |
| 362 |
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Overburden map and thickness determinations, Sunnyside oil-impregnated sandstone deposit, Carbon and Duchesne Counties, Utah | 1986 | Oil-impregnated sandstone; Sunnyside deposits; Carbon County; Duchesne County; Utah | This investigation into the overburden and oil-impregnated sandstone thicknesses within the Sunnyside deposits, Carbon and Duchesne Counties, Utah is done under Contract No. YA-553-CT0-1059 between the Utah Geological and Mineral Survey and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. |
| 363 |
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The Whiterocks tar sand deposit | 1985 | Whiterocks tar sand deposit; tar sand; bitumen; tar-bearing Navajo Sandstone | The Whiterocks tar sand deposit is located near the mouth of Whiterocks Canyon, an important south drainage of the Uinta Mountains. This deposit is probably the least known and most unique of the major bitumen accumulations in the Uinta Basin. Historically, it is near the purported oldest white sett... |
| 364 |
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The Intermountain Symposium on Fossil Hydrocarbons: Proceedings | 1964-10-10 | fossil hydrocarbons; fossil hydrocarbons reserves; petrochemical processing | The purpose of this Symposium is to learn from each other some of the engineering concepts which will unlock the vast treasure of fossil hydrocarbons of the Intermountain West. Perhaps no other material resources in the entire Rocky Mountain region offer challenges and promises to equal those of our... |
| 365 |
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The extraction of bitumen from western oil sands: Volume 1 | 1997-11-26 | oil sand research and development; bitumen surface tension; Utah bitumens | The Oil Sand Research and Development Group at the University of Utah revised and updated the environmental assessment of the impact of projected program-related activities for the 1994-1996 contract period in accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act. |
| 366 |
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Thermal recovery of a synthetic crude from the bituminous sands of the Sunnyside (Utah) deposit | 1979-06-12 | thermal recovery; synthetic crude; bituminous sands; Sunnyside deposit; bituminous sand deposits | The bituminous sand deposits of Utah are estimated to contain 25 billion barrels of oil in place and are the largest known petroleum resource of this type in the United States. The Sunnyside deposit, amenable to surface mining techniques, is estimated to contain 3.5-4.0 billion barrels of bitumen in... |
| 367 |
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The San Rafael oil fields; where the oil runs out of the rocks | 1975-09 | San Rafael oil fields; oil; oil field | The following article has been prepared and written with the object of furnishing accurate and dependable information of what is, perhaps, as little known a region as exists in this Twentieth Century. It is a country of wonderful possibilities and the writer after years of careful observation and ex... |
| 368 |
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Organic and pyritic sulfur determination in oil shale | 1983-03-01 | H2S; Pyritic sulfur; Oil shale; Kentucky; Ohio; Colorado; Utah; Wyoming; Oil shale deposits; Sulfur | Sulfur forms in oil shale are defined according to their reduction rates to H2S in the presence of hydrogen-donor solvents. A linear increase in temperature with time is applied to a reaction system of oil shale and hydrogen-donor solvents. The different temperatures at which H2S is detected corresp... |
| 369 |
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The oil resources in tar sand deposits in the United States | 1982 | oil resources; tar sand deposits; tar sand oil recovery processes | This report summarizes the data available at the Laramie Energy Technology Center. An effort was made to catalogue U.S. tar sand resources, identify U.S. and state maps showing tar sand deposits, and attempt to compare tar sand oil recovery processes. A review of the available data indicated there w... |
| 370 |
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Thermal drainage process for recovering hot water-swollen oil from a thick tar sand | 1987-05-26 | thermal drainage process; hot water-swollen oil recovery; thick tar sand; oil recovery | Hot liquid-containing water-swollen tar is produced from a tar sand by injecting steam into a well, which is at least initially open and substantially free of obstruction to vertical fluid flow throughout a long vertical interval from the bottom of the tar sand, by producing said liquid from the bot... |
| 371 |
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The synthetic liquid fuel potential of Utah | 1951-10-15 | synthetic liquid fuel potential; oil-impregnated stripable deposits; oil saturation | Oil-impregnated stripable deposits are known in Carbon, Grand, and Uinta Counties in the Uinta Basin, in the northeastern part of the State (Exhibit No. D-l). Many of the deposits are narrow veins too small to be important, but larger deposits of bituminous sand and oil-saturated sandstones are foun... |
| 372 |
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Oil-impregnated rock deposits of Utah | 1974-07 | ||
| 373 |
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Third Annual Oil Shale, Tar Sand and Mild Gasification Contractors Review Meeting: Agenda, project synopses, lists of participants | 1988-07 | oil shale; tar sand; mild gasification contractors; review meeting | |
| 374 |
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Tongues of the Green River and Uinta Formations in the Piceane Creek Basin | 1982 | Green River formations; Uinta formations; oil shale; thick zones | Lake Uinta achieved its maximum extent durinq the deposition of the Mahogany bed, the richest oilshale unit in the Mahogany zone. Filling of the lake with stream-borne debris began immediately after deposition of the Mahogany bed. The lake gradually constricted from about 20,000 square miles in area... |
| 375 |
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The extraction of bitumen from western oil sands: Volume 2 | 1997-11-26 | bitumen extraction; western oil sands; oil sands; synthetic fuels; natural bitumen; thermally-coupled fluidized-bed tar sands extraction process | In these days of plentiful fuel supplies, synthetic fuels are not in demand; but with the current rate of consumption of oil the importance of synthetic fuels will only increase. The United States currently imports 50% of its transportation fuel and such a dependence could be potentially dangerous, ... |