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51 Recovery and upgrading of oil from Utah tar sands1985-09upgrading oil; oil recovery; Utah tar sands; Bitumen Upgrading; Thermal Recovery; Fluidized Bed Pyroiysis; Water Assisted Recovery; Thermal RecoveryResearch has progressed in four principal areas: A) Bitumen Upgrading; B) Thermal Recovery by Fluidized Bed Pyroiysis; C) Water Assisted Recovery; and D) Two-Stage Thermal Recovery using Heat Pipes. Hydropyrolysis continues to show promise for upgrading of bitumen with high liquid yields. Valuable e...
52 Reconnaissance study of bituminous sandstone deposits, Trans*Dirty Devil, Wayne and Garfield Counties, Utah1966-11bitumous sandstone deposits; Elaterite Basin; Teapot RockThis report is the result of preliminary and reconnaissance investigations of the Elaterite Basin and Teapot Rock bituminous sandstone occurrences. Six samples were analyzed for their bitumen content and seven sections were measured in the Teapot Rock area. Up to 200 feet of varying degrees of satur...
53 Recovering hydrocarbons from tar sand or heavy oil reservoirs1994-06-07hydrocarbon recovery; tar sand; heavy oil; underground tar sand reservoir; patentMethod of recovering fluids from an underground tar sand reservoir or heavy oil reservoir comprising (a) drilling and completing a first pair of wells and a second pair of wells, each pair comprising an injection well terminating in the reservoir and a production well terminating in the reservoir be...
54 Recovery and upgrading of oil from Utah tar sands1986-09-30Utah tar sands; bitumen upgrading; thermal recovery; fluidized bed retort; energy efficient heat pipe process; water-assisted separation of bitumen from oreThe University of Utah tar sands research and development program has progressed well in its second year of the current three-year contract. The program has advanced significantly toward its long-term objectives. The long-term objectives of this program remain the development of scientific and engin...
55 Recovery of heavy crude oil or tar sand oil or bitumen from underground formations1992-09-08heavy crude oil; tar sand oil; bitumen; oil recovery; patent; underground formationsHeavy crude oil or tar sand oil or bitumen is recovered from an underground formation containing the same by introducing into said formation via an injection well or conduit a hot alkaline aqueous fluid so as to bring about the movement or migration or stripping of said heavy crude oil or tar sand o...
56 Recovery of oil from Utah's tar sands1983-03-31Utah tar sands; bitumen cleaning; PRS-R tar sands; fluidized bed thermal recoveryThis report covers the work accomplished at the University of Utah on Utah's tar sands during the period: October 1, 1979 to March 31, 1983. The work reported is a continuation of the program carried out over a period of years at the University. The primary effort of the work covered in this report ...
57 Recovery of bitumen from tar sand1981-02-10bitumen recovery; tar sand; patentA process for recovering bitumen, or heavy petroleum, from admixture with sand and similar inorganic materials wherein said bitumen-sand mixture is mixed with an aqueous solution of an ammonium salt selected from ammonium sulfite, ammonium bisulfite and mixtures thereof to form a second mixture comp...
58 Recovery of bitumen from oil-impregnated sandstone deposits of Utah1975-11potential oil; bitumen; oil-impregnated sandstone (tar sand) deposits; tar sands; bitumen recoveryUtah contains at least 26 billion barrels of potential oil as bitumen in oil-impregnated sandstone (tar sand) deposits. As shown in this paper, these tar sands are significantly different in physical and chemical properties from commercially developed Canadian tar sands. These differences prevent di...
59 Recovery of heavy crude oil or tar sand oil or bitumen from underground formations1989-07-11heavy crude oil; tar sand oil; bitumen; oil recovery; underground formations; patent; bitumen productionHeavy crude oil or tar sand oil or bitumen is recovered from an underground formation containing the same by introducing into said formation via an injection well or conduit a hot alkaline aqueous fluid so as to bring about the movement or migration or stripping of said heavy crude oil or tar sand o...
60 Recovery of oil from Utah's tar sands1979-11-30oil recovery; Utah tar sands; hot water recovery; thermal processing; synthetic fuelThis project is designed to develop necessary engineering data and technology for recovery of oil from Utah's tar sands. Progress reports for four major aspects of this project, namely Hot Water Recovery, Energy Recovery in Thermal Processing, Effect of Variables in Thermal Processing and Bitumen Pr...
61 Recycle of secondary froth in the hot water process for extracting bitumen from tar sand1988-10-11hot water process; bitumen extration; tar sand; secondary froth recycling; patentFroth, produced by induced air flotation in the hot water process circuit for extracting bitumen from tar sand, is recycled and added to the fresh slurry being introduced to the primary separation vessel. An increase in bitumen recovered as primary froth from the circuit is produced.
62 Red Leaf Resources and the commercialization of oil shale2011-05-17oil shale; oil shale pyrolysis; Red Leaf; Eco Shale
63 Red Leaf Resources, Inc. overview and update2012-05-15EcoShale; Red Leaf; oil shale; oil extractionFounded in 2006, Red Leaf Resources, Inc. is a privately-held Delaware corporation based in Salt Lake City, Utah focused on: the production of high-quality oil extracted from oil shale resources, the expansion of its resource portfolio, the licensing of its oil shale extraction technology, the EcoSh...
64 Report on engineered measures to reduce the salinity differential between the north and south arms of the Great Salt Lake1999-12salinity reduction; PSOMAS; DFFSLProcurement and Contract This report fulfills the requirements of the contract between the Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands (DFFSL), and PSOMAS. Procurement for this contract was handled under requisition number 560-01000000001, FY2000, and the effecti...
65 Recycle oil pyrolysis and extraction of tar sand1989recycling oil pyrolysis; tar sand extraction; ROPEWestern Research Institute is developing a new pyrolysis process called ROPE© (Recycle Oil Pyrolysis and Extraction) for recovering products from tar sands that require a minimum of upgrading to produce finished, marketable fuels or that can be used as a diluent to decrease the pour point of bitume...
66 Recovery of petroleum from viscous asphaltic petroleum containing formations including tar sand deposits1977-08-16petroleum recovery; bitumen; tar sand deposits; patent; high asphaltic petroleumPetroleum materials may be effectively recovered from subterranean, viscous, asphaltic or bituminous formations such as tar sand deposits by first injecting into the tar sand formation a paraffinic hydrocarbon at a temperature below 300.degree. F which precipitates asphaltic material from the asphal...
67 Report of oil-impregnated sandstone in the Hoskinnini of the White Canyon area, Utah1974oil-impregnated sandstone; Hoskinnini
68 Report of investigation: Oil-impregnated rocks and other evidences of petroleum1974-09petroleum; oil-impregnated sandstone; oil seepGeneral geology: The surface geology is entirely Uinta Formation. Most rocks are thinly laminated, fine-grained lacustrine shales and cherts. Only a few sandstone units are present, which are predominantly fine-grained, well-cemented, and lacking in porosity and permeability. Regional dip is gently ...
69 Research investigations in oil shale, tar sand, coal research, advanced exploratory process technology, and advanced fuels research: Volume 1--base program1994-05oil shale; tar sand; coal research; dvanced exploratory process technology; advanced fuels research; COMPCOALThis report summarizes the major research investigations conducted by the Western Research Institute under Cooperative Agreement DE-FC21-86MC11076 with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) over the period October 1986 through September 1993. In 1989 a Jointly Sponsored Research Program (JSRP) was inc...
70 Report on the composition, texture diagenesis, and provenance of the Sunnyside tar sands, Carbon County, Utah1984-12-04Sunnyside Tar Sands; sandstone composition; tar sandThe sandstones of the Sunnyside tar sand deposit are composed of detrital minerals and rock fragments (70% of rock), carbonate grains (3%). authigenic cements (St), pores plus tar plus solid bitumen (21%), and unidentified constituents (1%) . The detrital minerals and rock fragments are from most to...
71 Oil-impregnated sandstone between Dirty Devil and Colorado and Green Rivers Garfield and Wayne Counties, Utah1969-02-26oil-impregnated sandstone; Utah sandstone; mineral resources inventory; Tar Sand TriangleThis paper presents the results of two months of field work done as a part of the Utah Geological Survey's continuing inventory of the mineral resources of the state of Utah. Prior to this field work. Survey field parties had worked in the area intermittently in 1967 and 1968 laying the ground work ...
72 The flotation behavior of digested Asphalt Ridge tar sands1980-02-28flotation behavior; Asphalt Ridge tar sands; digested tar sands; Utah tar sands; bitumen; synthetic crude oilTar sand deposits in Utah represent more than 25 billion barrels of in-place bitumen, 96% of the known U.S. reserves. The technological development of a hot water processing strategy for the Canadian tar sands and the commercial production of synthetic crude oil from this natural resource suggest th...
73 Pore scale analysis of oil shale pyrolysis by X-ray CT and LB simulation2010-09-09pore scale analysis; oil shale pyrolysis; X-ray CT; LB simulation; oil shale; shale oil procuction; pore structureThere are important questions concerning the quality and volume of pore space that is created when oil shale is pyrolyzed for the purpose of producing shale oil. In this paper, we pyrolyzed 1.9 cm diameter cores at different temperatures and heating rates. Detailed 3D imaging of the core before and ...
74 Detailed kinetic analysis of oil shale pyrolysis TGA data2011-03-22kinetic analysis; oil shale pyrolysis; TGA data; AIChE; oil shale resourses; western United States; Green River oil shaleThere are significant resources of oil shale in the western United States, which if exploited in an environmentally responsible manner would provide secure access to transportation fuels. Understanding the kinetics of kerogen decomposition to oil is critical to designing a viable process. A dataset ...
75 Compositional and kinetic analysis of oil shale pyrolysis using TGA-MS2012-04compositional analysis; kinetic analysis; oil shale pyrolysis; TGA-MS; oil shale; western United States; oil productionThere are vast resources of oil shale in the western United States. Development of technically and economically effective technologies for the conversion of oil shale to liquid fuels will help provide a long-term and secure source of transportation fuels. Developing good understanding of the decompo...
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