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Resource potential of Utah oil sands | 2008-02-22 | Utah tar sand resources; tar sand resources; tar sand | Overview of Utah tar sand resources given by John Baza, Director of Utah Division of Oil, Gas & Mining. |
| 127 |
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The Utah Heavy Oil Center | 2006-09-21 | Utah Heavy Oil Center; oil shale; heavy oil production. | The mission of the Utah Heavy Oil Center is to provide interdisciplinary research support to federal and state constituents for addressing the wide ranging issues surrounding the potential of oil shale, oil sands and heavy oil production in the United States. |
| 128 |
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Environmental concerns for oil sands development in Utah--serious unanswered questions | 2008-02-22 | tar sands development; tar sand; Southern Utah Wilderness Association; BLM; PEIS; EIA; tar sand recovery | Overview of environmental issues and concerns associated with potential tar sands development in Utah presented by Stephen Bloch, Conservation Director of the Southern Utah Wilderness Association. |
| 129 |
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Environmental management of Alberta's oil sands | 2009-02-27 | environmental management; oil sands; Canadian oil sands development; crude bitumen; mineable resources; in situ resorces; oil sands deposits | Analysis of the challenges and successes of environmental management of Canadian oil sands development, presented at the 2009 Western U.S. Oil Sands Conference by Preston McEachern, Head of Science, Research & Innovation, Oil Sands Environmental Management Division, Alberta Environmental, Canada. |
| 130 |
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Utah oil sands: Social and economic factors | 2008-02-22 | oil sands development; economic and social impacts; bitumen. | Analysis of social and economic factors relevant to oil sands development in Utah. |
| 131 |
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Water treatment and reuse in oil sands development | 2008-03-12 | ozonization; heightened ozonation treatment; heightened oil sand extraction; water treatment; bitumen extraction fro oil sands; naphthenic contaminants removal; UHOP. | Discussion of heightened ozonation treatment and heightened oil sand extraction technologies. |
| 132 |
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OSEC's White River project | 2008-11-13 | OSEC; White River project; Utah oil shale resources and technology | A presentation given at the Utah Oil Shale Resources and Technology Update on November 13, 2008, Salt Lake City, Utah. |
| 133 |
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P.R. Spring and Hill Creek Tar Sand Areas: A resource assessment (in progress) | 2008-02-22 | P. R. Spring; Hill Creek Tar Sand Areas; Uinta Basin; Green River; resource assessment | The P.R. Spring-Hill Creek Tar Sand Area is located at the southern flank of the Uinta Basin. The area is generally bounded by T. 12 S. in Uintah County, extending southward to T. 17 S. and the Roan Cliffs in Grand County. It is further bounded by the Green River on the west and the Utah-Colorado st... |
| 134 |
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Temple Mountain Energy's asphalt ridge oil sands project | 2006-09-21 | Temple Mountain Energy; oil sand; oil sands project; Asphalt Ridge. | An overview of Temple Mountain Energy's asphalt ridge oil sands project. |
| 135 |
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Production of oil shale from the Green River Formation in Utah | 2007-11 | oil shale; oil shale production; Green River formation. | The largest deposits of oil shale in the world are documented to be in the Green River Formation of western United States. If this oil resource (conservative estimate of 800 billion barrels recoverable) could be used to meet a quarter of the present U.S. demand for petroleum products, the resource w... |
| 136 |
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In situ production of Utah oil sands | 2008-03-12 | in situ; Utah oil sands; oil sands production; tar sand deposits; Whiterocks eolian sandstone | |
| 137 |
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Millennium synfuels project: Retort process characterization | 2008-03-12 | synefuels; retort process; retort process characterization; energy security; retorting technology; oil shale processing; hybrid energy system; HES | -Energy security issue has led to interest in coal-to-liquids technologies, -One approach use retorting technology commonly associated with oil shale processing, -Hybrid Energy System (HES) technology developed by: Millennium Synfuels, LLC - joint venture of Ambre Energy Pty, Ltd (Australia) and Oil... |
| 138 |
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Status of the OSEC White River oil shale project | 2010-04-28 | OSEC; shale; status report. | Major milestones in 2008: 1) Formed joint venture with Petrobras and Mitsui 2) Acquired Cliffs Synfuel Corporation 3) Initiated feasibility study |
| 139 |
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Enhanced in-situ production through fracturing | 2010-04-28 | in-situ production; fracturing; fracturing methods | Rationale For Fracturing: 1) Ultra-Low Matrix Permeability 2) Poorly Interconnected Fracture Network 3) Desire to Maximize Surface Area, Minimize Transport Distance In Matrix and Increase Conductivity of Flow Paths For Production 4) Increase Surface Area, Increase Fracture Frequency |
| 140 |
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Water management for oil sand and oil shale development in Utah: Challenges and solutions | 2009-02-27 | water management; oil sands; oil shale; integrated water management | Analysis of the water management and impact issues relevant to oil sands and oil shale development in Utah, presented at the 2009 Western U.S. Oil Sands Conference by Steve Burian, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Utah |
| 141 |
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Business aspects in oil sands production in the USA | 2006-09-21 | Temple Mountain Energy; Oil sand production; Oil; Natural gas; Electricity; Oil prices; Heavy oil; Oil sands; Business; Economic; SAGD; Steam assisted gravity drainage | The world economic challenge: What is the most important economic resource known? 1-Energy production-Oil, natural gas and electricity are the biggest players 2-China and India economic development (2/3rds of world)-Huge unexpected demands for these resources (now and future)-Especially oil-Fuels, a... |
| 142 |
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CFD modeling for entrained flow gasifiers | 2002-10-28 | CFD modeling; Entrained flow gasifiers; Reaction kinetics; Coal gasification; Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle power plants; IGCC; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Coal; Gasifier; GLACIER | In this paper we have described a CFD based modeling tool for entrained flow coal gasifiers. The model contains sub-models to properly model the reaction kinetics of coal gasification at high pressure, high solids loading and slagging walls. Comparisons between values predicted by our CFD model and ... |
| 143 |
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Shovel ready...can you dig it? | 2010-04-28 | Earth Energy; Ophus Process; oil and sand leases. | "Earth Energy is a Calgary-based private company with a patent-pending oil sands processing technology, the ‘Ophus Process', which it intends to initially deploy on the company's oil sand leases in the State of Utah..." |
| 144 |
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Policy options for Utah | 2008-05-23 | energy strategy; Utah energy strategy; energy efficiency; conservation. | UTAH ENERGY STRATEGY: 1-Diversify Energy Portfolio of Renewables and Non-Renewables 2-Improve Energy Efficiency and Conservation 3-Improve Environmental Quality and Reduce Greenhouse Gases 4-Develop Transmission and Transportation 5-Strengthen Energy Security 6-Promote Economic Development 7-Maintai... |
| 145 |
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Oil sands development in Canada: Lessons for Utah | 2009-02-27 | Canadian oil sands; oil sand development in Utah; oil sands | Analysis of the Canadian oil sands experience and its relevance to oil sands development in Utah, presented at the 2009 Western U.S. Oil Sands Conference by Simon Dyer, Oil Sands Program Director for the Pembina Institute. |
| 146 |
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Oil sands and the draft PEIS | 2008-02-22 | oil sands; draft PEIS; oil sands development; oil shale | Analysis of the impacts of the draft PEIS on oil sands development in Utah. |
| 147 |
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Western U.S. oil sands and in-situ processes | 2006-09-21 | Western oil sands; oil sands; in-situ process; heavy oil production; insitu bitumen production. | |
| 148 |
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Underground coal thermal treatment hierarchy | 2009-11-04 | underground coal; thermal treatment. | Hierarchical chart for the underground coal thermal treatment (UCTT) research area showing connectivity between subtasks. This chart helps illustrate the integration and focus among the subtasks at a range of scales needed to achieve a pilot-scale demonstration of UCTT technology and also serves as ... |
| 149 |
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Potential environmental and socioeconomic impacts of oil sands leasing and development in Utah: Serious unanswered questions | 2006-09-21 | oil sands; oil sands leasing and development; tar sand. | Understanding the resource: 1-> 3 trillion barrels of oil in tar sands in the world, 2-~650 billion barrels in North America, 3-Utah has > 90% of U.S. resource 4-~12-20 billion barrels in Utah 5-At most 3% of North American reserves in Utah, -EIA predicts that roughly only 1/5 of total Canadian tar ... |
| 150 |
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Coal in a changing climate and challenges for CCS deployment | 2008-05-23 | NRDC; Climate change; Coal; CCS deployment; CCS; Carbon Capture and Storage; Business-as-usual; BAU; world CO2 emissions; coal plant emissions; Appalachia; Wyoming; Montana; North Dakota; Colorado; New Mexico; IPCC; Powerplants; Arctic ice | Outline: 1-Climate and coal 2-"Clean" coal? 3-Carbon Capture & Storage: can we (just) do it? 4-To-do list 5-A changing world |