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126 Interpretation of fischer assay data for the evaluation of analcime-bearing oil shale in the Green River Formation, Colorado and Utah1975fischer assay data; analcime-bearing oil shale; Green River Formation; potential oil yeild of sedimentsUsing Fischer assay data, an empirical method has been devised for distinguishing analcime-rich oil shale from oil shale which is essentially free of analcime in the Parachute Creek Member, Green River Formation, Colorado and Utah. This method permits evaluation of Fischer assay data in order to com...
127 In situ RF heating for oil sand and heavy-oil deposits1985-05in situ RF heating; oil sand; heavy-oil deposits; IITRI; energy efficiency; in situ radio-frequency heating process; oil shale; tar sandSince the mid 1970s, IIT Research Institute (IITRI) has been developing an energy efficient, in situ radio-frequency (RF) heating process. Large blocks of oil shale or tar sand typically found in the Western United States have been emplanted with closely spaced electrodes and excited electromagnetic...
128 Inventory of Sunnyside Tar Sands data: Located at the Utah Geological Survey2004-05-18Sunnyside Tar Sands data; Utah geological survey
129 Kinetics of Colorado oil shale pyrolysis in a fluidized-bed reactor1985-05kinetics of Colorado oil shale pyrolysis; fluidized-bed reactor; oil shale pyrolysis; oil shale; hydrocarbon evolutionThe hydrocarbon evolution data of Richardson et al. (1982) is reanalyzed to determine improved rate expressions for oil generation from Colorado oil shale under rapid pyrolysis conditions. Contributions from low molecular weight gases are subtracted from flame ionization detector data to obtain the ...
130 Geologic summary report of the 1984 exploration program, Sunnyside Tar Sands project, Carbon County, Utah--volume 11985-06geologic summary; exploration program; tar sands; Sunnyside tar sand deposit.The 1984 Sunnyside exploration program consisted of: (1) diamond drilling of fifteen drill holes, (2) logging of all core and (3) additional geological mapping in the north area to better define the limits of the tar sands associated with the Sunnyside delta complex. Both regional and detailed geolo...
131 Ground-water flow and migration of hydrocarbons to the Lower Permian White Rim Sandstone, Tar Sand Triangle, southeastern Utah1995ground-water flow; migration of hydrocarbons; hydrocarbons; Lower Permian White Rim Sandstone; Tar Sand Triangle; heavy oilThe Lower Permian White Rim Sandstone in the Tar Sand Triangle of southeastern Utah contains an estimated 12.5-16 billion barrels of heavy oil. Despite the large size of the deposit, the source of its oil is unknown. This paper systematically discusses source rocks for this petroleum from the standp...
132 Geologic summary report of the 1988 exploration program, Sunnyside Tar Sands project, Carbon County, Utah--volume 11989-06-01geologic summary report; exploration program; Sunnyside tar sands project; tar sandThe 1988 field program focused on completion and logging of twelve core drill holes and three measured sections. Five marker beds were established within the Parachute Creek Member and include the Wavy Bedded Tuff, Mahogany oil shale, R-5 oil shale, lower tuff and Blue Marker containing the R-2 oil ...
133 Instrumental analysis of tars and their correlations in oil-impregnated sandstone beds, Uintah and Grand Counties, Utah1971-10tar analysis; oil-impregnated sandstone beds; sandstone.The Wasatch, Green River and Uinta formations, in ascending order make up the normal sequence of exposed Eocene rocks in the southeast Uinta Basin, Uintah and Grand counties, Utah. They dip northward towards the center of the basin, relatively undisturbed by faulting, and exhibit a system of promine...
134 Green River oil shale potential in Utah1963-01Green River oil shale; oil shale potential; oil shale; Green River formation; oil reserves; oil shale extractionThe Green River formation of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming contains the greatest potential reserves of oil in the world. The problem has been that of finding an economical method of extraction. The first economic study of the oil shale in Utah started in 1913 (Woodruff and Day, 1914). Since that time ...
135 Investigation of the ROPE® process performance on Sunnyside tar sand1990-07ROPE process; Sunnyside tar sand; Western Research Institute; WRI; recycle oil pyrolysis and extraction process; in situ recovery process economics; tar sandWestern Research Institute (WRI) is developing the Recycle Oil Pyrolysis and Extraction (ROPE®) process. Results to date indicate that this process could assist existing surface recovery process economics by producing higher yields of feedstocks from tar sand for the production of unleaded gasoline...
136 Incipient fluidization characteristics of crushed oil shale1983-02-01incipient fluidization characteristics; oil shale; incipient fluidization; gas velocity; petroleum refiningWe have measured the gas velocity for incipient fluidization of crushed shale as a function of particle size, particle-size distribution, shale grade, crushing method and temperature. This velocity varied as the square of particle size for 0.0063- to 0.1-cm particles ano approximately as the square ...
137 Geologic summary report of the 1989 exploration program, Sunnyside tar sands project, Carbon County, Utah1990-07-30geologic summary report; exploration program; Sunnyside tar sands project; tar sand.This report includes the 1989 data and represents a summary of previous exploration reports. Eight photographs included in Volume I are used to highlight aspects of the Sunnyside. Tar Sands project. Volume II contains five maps and five cross sections. Volume III contains twenty-six strip logs. Both...
138 Geologic summary report of the 1987 exploration program, Sunnyside Tar Sands project, Carbon County, Utah--volume 11988-06-01geologic summary report; 1987 exploration program; Sunnyside Tar Sands project; tar sand distribution; tar sands; bituminous sandstones1. The distribution of tar sands in the Sunnyside deposit is related to both structure and lithology. The structural control is associated with a northwest trending flexure that segments a large monocline which slopes gently into the Uinta Basin. The lithologic control is determined by porous and pe...
139 Los Alamos environmental activities/oil shale effluents1985-07oil shale effluents; oil shale resource; Los Alamos; health and environmental issuesComplex health and environmental issues will affect both the extent and rate of development of the nation's oil shale resource. Among these issues are concerns about land disruption, air and water contamination, waste disposal, and health and environmental problems associated with the refining and u...
140 LETC tar sand research - North Asphalt Ridge1985LETC tar sand research; North Asphalt Ridge; tar sand; in situ recovery methods; classifying tar sand deposits; in situ recovery process; tar sand depositsThis report describes work done by the United States Department of Energy's Laramie Energy Technology Center (LETC) from 1971 through 1982 to develop technology for future recovery of U.S. tar sands. The objectives of the program are: 1. To determine the feasibility of in situ recovery methods appli...
141 Mass and heat transfer in crushed oil shale1993-07-30mass and heat transfer; crushed oil shale; packed bedsPast studies of heat and mass transfer in packed beds, which have disagreed substantially in their findings, have nearly all been done with beds of regular particles of uniform size, whereas oil-shale retorting involves particles of diverse shapes and widely ranging sizes. We have made 349 runs in w...
142 Metallopetroporphyrines as process indicators: Separation of petroporpyrins in Green River oil shale pyrolysis products1994-11product oils; LLNL hot-recycled-solids; HRS retorting process; metallopetroporphyrins; process indicators; petroporpyrins; Green River oil shale pyrolysisProduct oils from the LLNL Hot-Recycled-Solids (HRS) retorting process were separated to isolate and concentrate the metallopetroporphyrins. A modified column chromatography procedure developed previously for heavy crude oils and tar sand bitumens was used. The fractions were then examined by UV-vis...
143 Geophysical report, seismograph survey, of the Asphalt Ridge prospect Uintah County, Utah1967-11Geophysical report; seismograph survey; Asphalt Ridge prospect.Location and general information: The area designated as Asphalt Ridge, located directly southwest of the Ashley Creek oil field, is in the northeastern part of Uintah County, Utah, in T. 5 S. , R. 22 E. , and T. 6 S. , R. 21 E. Geologically, the area is situated on the north flank, and extends to t...
144 Investigation and development of alternative methods for shale oil processing and analysis1983-04oil shale processing and analysis; alternative processing methods; oil shale retorting; kerogenI. Effects of selected wastes on Oil Shale Retorting. A. Background and Rationale. Oil shale-, a carbonaceous rock which occurs abundantly in the earth's crust, has been investigated for many years as an alternate source of fuel oil. The insoluble organic matter contained in such shales is termed "K...
145 In-situ combustion handbook--principles and practices1999-01in-situ combustion; oil reservoir; oil recovery; field trials; fireflood projects; combustion projectsFor nearly 90 years in-situ combustion technique has been used in the U.S. in attempts to improve recovery from oil reservoirs. Despite its long history and commercial success of many field projects, the process has not found widespread acceptance among operators due to the excessive number of failu...
146 Geologic summary report of the 1990 exploration program, Sunnyside Tar Sands project, Carbon County, Utah--volume 11991-02-28geologic summary; exploration program; Sunnyside tar sands project; tar sand; regional, engineering geology.This 1990 report is a supplement to the extensive 1989 report. This 1990 report concentrates on results of the following four categories: (1) regional geology and engineering geology needed to investigate the feasibility of conveyor routes that will bring the tar sand ore down from the Roan Cliffs t...
147 Lithologic logs and correlation of coreholes P. R. Spring and Hill Creek oil-impregnated standstone deposits Uintah County, Utah1975-08lithologic logs; correlation of coreholes; P. R. Spring; Hill Creek; oil-impregnated sandstone deposits; UtahThis report of investigation presents the lithologic logs and correlation of 16 coreholes drilled in 1973 in the P. R. Spring and Hill Creek oil-impregnated sandstone deposits, southeast Uintah County, Utah. The program was conducted under Grant No. GO 122094 from the U. S. Department of the Interio...
148 Low-temperature oil shale and tar sand extraction process1978-12-19low-temperature oil shale; low-temperature tar sand; extraction process; kerogen materials; crushed oil-shale; dekerosing; kerogen removalFertilizers and kerogen materials are extracted from crushed oil shale utilizing a low temperature dekerosing (kerogen removal) solvent phase followed by a second fertilizer extraction phase using water as solvent. Process control factors are effective in producing delamination of the crushed oil sh...
149 Measured section, Green River Formation1977-09-05Green River Formation; Sunnyside Asphalt Quarry areaSunnyside Asphalt Quarry area, Carbon Co., Utah, September 5-8, 1977, by Jock A. Campbell, assisted by Craig R. Dixon.
150 Laboratory and modeling investigation of a Colorado oil-shale block heated to 900°C1979-12modeling investigation; Colorado oil-shale block; oil shale; retorting; in-situ retortA cylinder of oil-shale, 17.2 by 17.0 cm diameter, was heated in a retort from 23 to 900°C at a rate of 18°C h-1. Total mass loss, oil yield and evolution of individual products are monitored. A one-dimensional model is developed to simulate the heating of the cylinder of oil-shale and the chemist...
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