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376 The extraction of bitumen from western oil sandsOil Sand Research and Development program; oil sand; bitumen; PR Spring oil sand deposit; bitumen extractionThe 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...
377 The extraction of bitumen from western oil sands1993-07bitumen extraction; western oil sands; oil sands; bitumen recoveryTasks are referenced to Part II - Statement of Cooperative Agreement Objectives of contract noted above. This report cites Task number followed by brief restatement of each Task as stipulated in the contract, followed by Action this Quarter.
378 Thermal recovery may bring industry's "quiet revolution"1964-11-23thermal recovery; oil revolution; quiet revolution; low-gravity, viscous crude oils; crude oils; bituminous sandstonesToday the American oil industry is in the process of a revolution of such magnitude that its implications are yet to be thoroughly understood. This is the "quiet revolution" which will double the proved oil reserves of the world within the next 10 years and will more than triple those reserves by th...
379 The TARCO process: For the surface extraction of tar sands1983types of tar sand extractions; tar sand; extracting tar sand; TARCO process; extracting solvent; bitumenOf the various types of tar sand extraction processes under development, solvent extraction offers many significant advantages; e.g., the technology already exists, simplicity, less dependence on grade and source of ore, etc. The TARCO solvent extraction plant, located in Homer, Kentucky, is probabl...
380 Thermal maturity of rocks and hydrocarbon deposits, Uinta Basin, Utah1992thermal maturity; hydrocarbon deposits; energy rich resources; energy resource depositsThe Uinta Basin in northeastern Utah contains abundant energy-rich resources including coal, natural gas, oil, oil shale, tar sands and solid bitumens (gilsonite). One of the problems associated with the identification of the source rocks from which some of these varied hydrocarbon deposits (oils, t...
381 The production of oil from Intermountain West tar sands deposits1976-03tar sand deposits; oil; tar sands; crude oil; hydrocarbons in tar sands; surface miningsSix tar sand deposits in the Intermountain West, each containing more than one billion barrels of oil in place, are identified. All of these deposits are in eastern Utah and contain a total of twenty-eight billion barrels of oil. The names of the six deposits arranged in descending order of desirabi...
382 The Chinese wax mine: A unique oil-impregnated rock deposit1975Chinese wax mine; oil-impregnated rock deposit; oil; mineral wax; viscous oilThe Chinese Wax mine in Daniels Canyon, Wasatch County, Utah, is a small deposit of black, viscous, waxy oil emplaced in fractured, brecciated Oquirrh Formation (Pennsylvanian-Permian) on the Strawberry Valley (or Charleston) thrust sheet where the thrust has overriden the west margin of the Uinta B...
383 The bituminous sandstones of the Asphalt Ridge area, northeastern Utah1957bitumous sandstone; Asphalt Ridge area; stratigraphy; oil; asphalt saturationThe bituminous sandstones in the Asphalt Ridge area represent the seepage of millions of barrels of oil. The asphalt sands herein described lie 3 to 4 miles west and south of the town of Vernal, Utah. The deposits were mentioned in an early report by Eldridge (1901), who visited the deposits but did...
384 The economic potential of domestic tar sands1982economical potential; domestic tar sands; Utah tar sand deposits; technical recovery potential; recovery estimates; net energy analysisThis report summarizes the analysis of the Utah tar sand deposits (see Exhibit 1) prepared for ERDA/Fossil Energy and the Laramie Energy Research Center. Background Like many oil producing countries, the United States contains considerable deposits of tar sands heavy petroleum (bitumen) that will no...
385 The development of a bench scale metal distillation furnace (retort)1995-06-19bench scale metal distillation furnace; retort; spent reactor fuel; actinides recoveryProcesses for the recovery of actinides from spent reactor fuel being studied at Argonne National Laboratory required the design of a high-temperature vacuum furnace, the furnace has to be able to melt actinides, distill volatile metals (Zn and Mg), be operable in a nitrogen glovebox with low head r...
386 The disposition of sulfur during the oxidation and subsequent leaching of retorted oil shale1982-03sulfur; oxidation of oil shale; leaching of retorted oil shale; retorted oil shale; oil shale; charThe char and iron sulfides in retorted oil shale were oxidized at temperatures from 350 to 800°C. At temperatures above approximately 550°C, sulfur was retained by the shale as water-soluble sulfates, whereas oxidation at temperatures between 400 and 500°C resulted in a loss of as much as 22% of ...
387 The determination of the major elements and trace metals present in bitumen from several tar sand deposits1985-01trace metals in bitumen; tar sand deposits; tar sand; bitumen extractionThe results of the analyses of 14 tar sand samples for the concentration of major elements and trace metals are presented. Ten samples were obtained from the Uinta Basin of Utah, three from the southeastern part of Utah, and one from New Mexico. In general, the major element composition of the bitum...
388 The effects of oxy-firing conditions on gas-phase mercury oxidation by chlorine and bromine: Topical report: April 2009 to June 20102010-10oxy-firing conditions; gas-phase mercury oxidation; bench-scale experiments; liquid-phase oxidationBench-scale experiments were conducted in a quartz-lined, natural gas-fired reactor with the combustion air replaced with a blend of 27 mole percent oxygen, with the balance carbon dioxide. Quench rates of 210 and 440 K/s were tested. In the absence of sulfur dioxide, the oxy-firing environment caus...
389 Oil-impregnated sandstone mapping project Nine Mile Canyon area Carbon and Duchesne Counties, Utah: A field examination for the Utah Geological Survey1971-10-04Tributaries; Nine Mile canyon; Argyle canyon; Uinta Basin; Deltaic facies; Green River Formation; Parachute CreekA reconnaissance survey of tributaries to Nine Mile and Argyle canyons in the southern Uinta Basin showed widespread but erratic distribution of oil-impregnated sandstones. The occurrences are mainly in the Deltaic facies of the Green River formation. The bituminous material is believed to have been...
390 Oil shale project run summary, small retort: Run S-241981-10-07Oil shale; MIS; Modified in-situ oil shale retorting; Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryA. Objective. Previous Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory pilot retort experiments, simulating modified in-situ (MIS) oil shale retorting, have employed relatively high (1-3 m/day) retorting rates. Such rates not only would have an obvious commercial economic advantage but, in pilot retort trial...
391 Oil-impregnated sandstones in Utah and Wayne Counties, Utah1972Thistle; Utah County; Jurassic sandstone; Thousand Lake Mountain; Wayne County; Oil-impregnated sediments; Asphalt-bearing Tertiary bedsTwo little known occurrences of oil-impregnated sediments are discussed briefly. One is a fairly extensive area of asphalt-bearing Tertiary beds in the vicinity of Thistle, Utah County. The other is a very limited exposure of Jurassic sandstone permeated with dead oil on Thousand Lake Mountain in Wa...
392 Oil shale quarterly report1990-09-05Aboveground oil shale retorting; Hot-Recycled-Solid; HRS; Pyrolysis; Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryWe are studying aboveground oil shale retorting and have developed the LLNL Hot-Recycled-Solid (HRS) process as a generic, second-generation, rapid pyrolysis retorting system in which recycled shale is the solid heat carrier. In 1984-87, we operated a 1-tonne-per-day FIRS pilot plant to study retort...
393 Oil-impregnated sandstones of Raven Ridge, Vernal, Utah1972Oil-impregnated sandstone; Raven Ridge; Vernal, Utah; Uinta Basin; Utah; Colorado; Wasatch Formation; Green River Formation; Uinta FormationThe area of this report is in the northeastern part of the Uinta Basin of northeastern Utah and northwestern Colorado. The area covers approximately 52 square miles of what is regionally called Raven Ridge. Raven Ridge, a series of hogback ridges, trends northwest-southeast, and includes three Eocen...
394 Oil shale project small retort run summary: Run S-15 addendum computer tables1981-03Run summary; Oil shale project small retort; Lawrence Livermore LaboratoryThe Run Summary for S-15 was published quite some time ago (UCID 18282-Sept. 1979). At that time we had not completely analyzed the data using the computer as we had done in other run summaries. We have now gone back and processed that data. This report presents the computer generated run summary da...
395 Oil shale project run summary, large retort: Run L-11981-11-23Oil yield loss; Combustion retorting; Oil shale; Rubble bed; Run L-1; Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryThe overall goals were to study oil yield loss and operating characteristics in combustion retorting of a rubble bed with physical characteristics comparable to some of those anticipated in field retorts. Shale particle size range and bed porosity were the two parameters selected for simulation (alo...
396 Oil shale project large retort run summary: Run L-31981-11-23Oil shale project large retort run; Run L-3; Tract C-a; Anvil Points; Cracking; Oxidation; Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryThe major objectives of Run L-3 were: for a broad size distribution, investigate the effects of a step grade change on retort operations and demonstrate control of retort temperatures; evaluate effects of different shale on retort operations (i.e. Tract C-a versus Anvil Points) and retort oil yield;...
397 Oil shale retort run summary: Run C-41981-10-02Oil shale retort; Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryA. Run Characteristics. Retort Run C-4 comprised four combustion run segments in a continuous aboveground retort conducted June 23 through June 27, 1980. The shale was -2.5 +1.3 cm (-1 +1/2 in) from Anvil Points. The retorting rates were approximately 40 and 65 m/d (130 and 220 ft/d), and the feed g...
398 Oil shale project run summary, small retort: Run S-71981-12-11Oil shale; Combustion run; Retorting; Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryRun S-7 went smoothly except for loss of nitrogen flow for a short period early in the run. The thermal front developed rapidly and appeared to travel through the bed in a stable and uniform fashion. The exit gas composition stayed relatively constant for most of the last 3/4 of the run. The traveli...
399 Oil shale project run summary, large retort: Run L-21981-08-10Oil shale; Retorting behavior; Modified in-situ combustion retorting; MIS; Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryA. Run Objective. To determine the retorting behavior of individual oil shale blocks in a shale rubble matrix during simulated modified in-situ (MIS) combustion retorting. B. Conclusions. The interiors of large particles are delayed in retorting (compared to a surrounding matrix of small particles) ...
400 Oil shale report run summary, small retort: Run S-191981-04Retort performance; Oil shale; Lawrence Livermore National LaboratorySmall retort run S-19 was designed to demonstrate the effects of increased steam rate on retort performance. Reduction in peak temperatures and possibly greater separation of the retort and combustion zones were expected. Greater oil yield (reduced oil losses) and more effective use of process heat ...
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