TO
| Title | Date | Subject | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 |
 |
Light-oils transformation to heavy oils and asphalts-assessment of the amounts of hydrocarbons removed and the hydrological-geological control of the process | 1987 | light-oils; heavy oils; asphalts; assessment; hydrocarbons; petroleum resources; oil alteration | Heavy oils frequently represent a residue left after removal of saturated and aromatic hydrocarbons by various alteration processes. They are characterized by a high content of asphaltenes and polar compounds and by higher sulfur content than the light oils from which they were derived. In the Dead ... |
| 52 |
 |
Major tar sand and heavy oil deposits of the United States | 1985-07 | major tar sand; heavy oil deposits; heavy oil resources; tar sand resources; United States | This paper presents a current assessment of U.S. tar sand and heavy oil resources. It is based on an independent appraisal of all tar sand deposits with 100 million barrels in place or more and the construction of a heavy oil reservoir and data base of fields containing more than 20 million barrels ... |
| 53 |
 |
Geological assessment of heavy-oil reservoirs in the Lloydminster area, using a computerized data base | 1987 | heavy-oil reservoirs; geological assessment; heavy-oil reservoirs; wells | Heavy-oil reservoirs of the Lower Cretaceous Mannville Group in the Lloydminster area (Western Canada) occur in a sequence of complexly arranged sandstones, siltstones, shales, and coals. Trapping mechanisms vary, and the precise geological controls governing hydrocarbon accumulations are not well u... |
| 54 |
 |
Geology of heavy crude oil and natural bitumen in the USSR, Mongolia, and China | 1987 | geology; heavy crude oil; natural bitumen; USSR, Mongolia, China; heavy oil resources; natural bitumen resources | The USSR, Mongolia, and China occupy an area of 33,385,390 km2, or a quarter of the earth's land area. Large reserves and resources of heavy crude oil and natural bitumen are present, especially on the Eastern European (Russian) and Siberian platforms, where at least 700 billion bbl is present (out ... |
| 55 |
 |
Heavy crude oil fields and bitumen deposits of the Middle and Far East and Oceania | 1987 | heavy crude oil fields; bitumen deposits; Middle and Far East and Oceania; oil resource | A total of 119 heavy-oil fields are located in the Middle and Far East and Oceania, in 19 countries. Of these, 12 have ultimate recoveries of more than 500 million barrels, and nine of more than 1000 million barrels. About 97% of the total resource of 120,000 million barrels is found in the Middle E... |
| 56 |
 |
Geology and genesis of the coast range province of California and its hydrocarbon deposits | 1987 | hydrocarbon deposits; tar sand; oil shale | California is along the western borderland of North America where sedimentary deposits accumulated along the eastern Pacific margin. During that time, subduction diastrophism prevailed in the late Mesozoic-early Cenozoic era, and right-lateral strike-slip shear diastrophism prevailed in the middle a... |
| 57 |
 |
Heavy-oil deposit, Great Salt Lake, Utah | 1987 | heavy-oil deposit; Great Salt Lake; Neogene basins | The western portion of the Great Salt Lake contains two large Neogene basins, informally called the "North" and "South" basins. These basins are separated by an arch that trends northeast between Carrington Island and Fremont Island. Both basins are filled with Miocene, Pliocene, and Quaternary sedi... |
| 58 |
 |
An overview of the Chinese UCG program | 2007-08-11 | Coal; China; Underground Coal Gasification; UCG; Two-stage gasification; Chinese UCG program; Energy | Coal 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... |
| 59 |
 |
Field guide to lacustrine and related nonmarine depositional environments in tertiary rocks, Uinta Basin, Utah | 1976-11 | lacustrine environments; nonmarine depositional environments; tertiary rocks | The lower part of the Tertiary System in the Uinta Basin of northeastern Utah and northwestern Colorado (fig. 1) reflects a series of very complex and variable forms of continental sedimentation in a basin of internal drainage. These complex forms represent the disruption of the Cretaceous depositio... |
| 60 |
 |
Delineation of gas sands by seismic stratigraphy in the Pericocal area, Orinoco Heavy Oil Belt, Venezuela | 1987 | gas sands; seismic stratigraphy; Pericocal area; Orinoco Heavy Oil Belt; deliniation of gas sands; gas sand bodies | The purpose of this study is to define the extent of gas sand bodies found in the Oficina Formation by well SDZ-79X, in the Pericocal area of the Orinoco Heavy Oil Belt. True amplitude processing was applied to 30 km (19 mi) of seismic survey lines in the vicinity of this well. The processing showed... |
| 61 |
 |
Analysis of oil shale and petroleum source rock pyrolysis by triple quadrupole mass spectrometry: Comparisons of gas evolution at the heating rate of 10 °C/min | 1990-10-05 | Kimmeridge; Phosphoria; La Luna; Teistberget; New Albany; Eastern U.S. Devonian; Janusfjellet; Wenzen; Maoming; Fushun; Woodford; Green River; Brotherson; Oil shale; Petroleum; Rock pyrolysis; Gas evolution; Programmed-temperature pyrolysis; Triple-quadrupole mass spectrometry; Mineral matrix; Miner... | Kimmeridge, Phosphoria, La Luna, Teistberget, New Albany, Janusfjellet, Wenzen, Maoming, Fushun, Woodford, and three Green River oil shales were subjected to programmed-temperature pyrolysis at a heating rate of 10 °C/min using triple-quadrupole mass spectrometry as the detection method. Volatile c... |
| 62 |
 |
Classification of natural bitumen: A physical and chemical approach | 1987 | natural bitumen; Classification of bitumen; physical properties of natural bitumen; chemical properties of natural bitumen; crude oil; natural bitumen; tar sands oil; bitumen | By correlation of various selected physical and chemical properties of heavy crude oils and natural bitumens, an attempt is made to solve classification problems. The criteria used here are, in descending order: viscosity, gravity, H/C atomic ratio, O/C atomic ratio, optical reflectivity; volatiles,... |
| 63 |
 |
California plio-miocene oils: Evidence of early generation | 1987 | plio-miocene oils; California oil; source rocks; commercial generation; LOM; hydrocarbon concentration; oil quality | Early generation of oil from Monterey and equivalent source rocks may well be the primary controlling factor on oil quality in the coastal basins of California. Commercial generation has occurred at reflectance levels as low as 0.3% R0. The wide range of chemical characteristics of these oils is com... |
| 64 |
 |
An echoing in-situ combustion oil recovery project in a Utah tar sand | 1982 | in-situ combustion; oil recovery project; Utah tar sand; echoing in-situ; U.S. tar sand resources; reverse combustion process; heterogeneous tar sand reservoir | U.S. tar sand resources contain an estimated 30 billion bbl (4.7 Gm3) of oil in place in about 550 occurrences in 22 states. Over 90% of the known resources are in six large deposits in Utah, each containing from 1 to 16 billion bbl (0.15 to 2.5 Gm3) of oil. 1 Four major tar sand deposits in Alberta... |
| 65 |
 |
Field experiment of in-situ oil recovery from a Utah tar sand by reverse combustion | 1976 | in-situ oil recovery; Utah tar sand; reverse combustion; oil recovery | Part 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... |
| 66 |
 |
Association of uranium and other metals with crude oil, asphalt, and petroliferous rock | 1954-10 | uranium; crude oil; asphalt; petroliferous rock | Some crude oil, natural asphalt, and petroliferous rock are appreciably radioactive, but little is known about the actual uranium content and the chemical nature of the uranium compound or compounds in these materials. Semiquantitative spectrographic analyses of the ash of 29 samples of crude oil, 2... |
| 67 |
 |
Diluent-assisted hot-water processing of tar sands | 1987 | hot water processing; tar sands; diluent-assisted hot-water processing; bitumen viscosity | The influence of diluent addition and temperature on bitumen viscosity of tar sands from nine locations in the U.S.A. and Canada has been investigated. Subsequently, hot-water bitumen-recovery experiments were carried out at temperatures from 33°C to 95°C. Kerosene was added as needed to maintain ... |
| 68 |
 |
Bitumen deposits of northwest Alabama | 1987 | bitumen deposits; northwest Alabama deposits; bituminous rocks | Bituminous rocks of Mississippian age crop out in northwest Alabama within a 113-km (70-mi) long belt. Bitumen deposits have been confirmed by coreholes to be present in the subsurface for a distance of at least 16-24 km (10-15 mi) south of the outcrop. Geochemical analyses indicate the bitumen to b... |
| 69 |
 |
Census 2010 - a first look at Utah results | 2011 | Census; 2010; Utah; Demographics; Population; Age; Sex; Race; Ethnicity | Early results from the long-awaited 2010 Census are revealing the outlines of the more detailed portrait that will not be available for at least a couple more years. This essay reviews the top-level population change and geographic distribution results primarily from the redistricting data set.1 We ... |
| 70 |
 |
The coming boom in Utah's school age and college age populations: state and county scenarios | 2002-09 | Population analysts have for some time anticipated a significant increase in the school age population (5 through 17 years of age) of Utah beginning around 2004 and extending for at least a decade. At this point the question is not whether the boom will materialize, but rather, the exact timing, mag... | |
| 71 |
 |
Revised Utah population estimates for the 1990s | 2001-05 | Every 10 years, the U.S. Bureau of the Census conducts a population count. In the intervening years the Utah Population Es timates Committee (UPEC) annually prepares total resident population estimates for each of the 29 counties in the state. These estimates are based on methods that ut i l i z e s... | |
| 72 |
 |
Immigrants transform Utah: entering a new era of diversity | 2004-05 | Utah is generally perceived as an extremely homogeneous state whose population can trace its ancestry mostly to northern Europe. Listings for surnames like Hansen, Jensen, and Christensen do fill many pages in local telephone directories throughout the state. According to census counts, the minority... | |
| 73 |
 |
Fast-tracking Wasatch Front transit investments: economic and demographic impacts of a 2025 build-out | 2011 | Over the next 30 years, the Wasatch Front will significantly expand its transit network. Plans include the construction of an additional 25 miles of light rail, 76 miles of commuter rail, 227 miles of bus rapid transit, and 29 miles of mountain transportation rail line. These projects will be built ... | |
| 74 |
 |
Economic and demographic impacts of federally financed transportation infrastructure on the Wasatch Front | 2004-09 | Over the next three decades, $14.4 billion (constant 2004 dollars) of new transit and highway infrastructure is planned to meet the transportation needs of the Wasatch Front.1 These investments will significantly influence the region's economic development potential, relative competitiveness, and la... | |
| 75 |
 |
Demographic trends affecting public education in Utah | 2000-11 | Beginning in 2004 and continuing for at least a decade, the school age population (5 to 18 year olds) in Utah will increase significantly. Throughout the 1990s, the school age population in Utah grew more slowly than did the population in general so that its share in the total population declined. T... |