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Oil shale project run summary, small retort: Run S-24 | 1981-10-07 | Oil shale; MIS; Modified in-situ oil shale retorting; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | A. 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... |
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Oil-impregnated sandstones in Utah and Wayne Counties, Utah | 1972 | Thistle; Utah County; Jurassic sandstone; Thousand Lake Mountain; Wayne County; Oil-impregnated sediments; Asphalt-bearing Tertiary beds | Two 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... |
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Oil shale quarterly report | 1990-09-05 | Aboveground oil shale retorting; Hot-Recycled-Solid; HRS; Pyrolysis; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | We 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... |
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Oil-impregnated sandstones of Raven Ridge, Vernal, Utah | 1972 | Oil-impregnated sandstone; Raven Ridge; Vernal, Utah; Uinta Basin; Utah; Colorado; Wasatch Formation; Green River Formation; Uinta Formation | The 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... |
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Oil shale project small retort run summary: Run S-15 addendum computer tables | 1981-03 | Run summary; Oil shale project small retort; Lawrence Livermore Laboratory | The 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... |
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Oil shale project run summary, large retort: Run L-1 | 1981-11-23 | Oil yield loss; Combustion retorting; Oil shale; Rubble bed; Run L-1; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | The 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... |
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Oil shale project large retort run summary: Run L-3 | 1981-11-23 | Oil shale project large retort run; Run L-3; Tract C-a; Anvil Points; Cracking; Oxidation; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | The 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;... |
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Oil shale retort run summary: Run C-4 | 1981-10-02 | Oil shale retort; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | A. 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... |
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Oil shale project run summary, small retort: Run S-7 | 1981-12-11 | Oil shale; Combustion run; Retorting; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Run 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... |
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Oil shale project run summary, large retort: Run L-2 | 1981-08-10 | Oil shale; Retorting behavior; Modified in-situ combustion retorting; MIS; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | A. 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) ... |
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Oil shale report run summary, small retort: Run S-19 | 1981-04 | Retort performance; Oil shale; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Small 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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Oil Shale Process Model (OSP) code development manual | 1994-12-06 | Oil Shale Process model; OSP; 4TU-Pilot; HRS; Hot-Recycled-Solid; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | The Oil Shale Process (OSP) model has proven to be a useful tool for the analysis of the steady-state operation of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Hot-Recycled- Solids 4 tonne-per-day Pilot Retort (4TU-Pilot). This manual has been developed to guide a user through the development of source ... |
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Oil Shale Process Model (OSP) user's manual | 1995-01-05 | Oil Shale Process model; OSP; 4TU-Pilot; Hot-Recycled-Solids; HRS; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | The Oil Shale Process (OSP) model has proven to be a useful tool for the analysis of the steady-state operation of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Hot-Recycled- Solids 4 tonne-per-day Pilot Retort (4TU-Pilot). This manual is being developed to serve as a guide to users of the OSP model. The... |
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Oil Shale Process Model (OSP) theory manual | 1994-12-06 | Oil Shale Process model; OSP; 4TU-Pilot; Hot-Recycled-Solids; HRS; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | The Oil Shale Process (OSP) model has proven to be a useful tool for the analysis of the steady-state operation of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Hot Recycled Solids 4 tonne-per-day Pilot Retort (4TU-Pilot). This manual has been developed to guide a user through the theoretical basis for e... |
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Oil recovery from a Utah tar sand deposit by in situ combustion | 1978-06-06 | | The U. S. tar sand resource consists of an estimated 30 billion barrels (4.7Gm^3 ) of oil. Most of this resource is in six large deposits in Utah. Through research and development to prove tar sand oil recovery methods, the Department of Energy is attempting to stimulate commercialization of this re... |
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Occurrence, properties, and uses of some natural bitumens | 1961 | Natural bitumens; Hydrocarbon; Cannel coals; Torbanites | In this report, the Federal Bureau of Mines presents a summary of the occurrence, properties, and uses of some natural bitumens, using the layman's or dictionary definition of bitumens - that is, naturally occurring hydrocarbons. Emphasis is on the less common solid and semisolid bitumens, particula... |
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Oil impregnated sandstone study near Bruin Point and Range Creek--Sunnyside Quadrangle | 1972-06 | Book Cliffs; Sunnyside, Utah; Oil impregnated sandstons; Bruin Point; Range Creek; Dry Creek; Carbon County; Lower Green River | An investigation into the oil sandstones in the Book Cliffs area northest of Sunnyside, Utah, showed an eastward continuation of the oil impregnated sandstones (oiss) previously mapped (USGS, OM 86, 1948). The survey was conducted from June 19 through 21, 1972 by Sam Quigley and D. Craig Mann. The a... |
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Northwest Asphalt Ridge tar sand deposit well logging and coring comparison | 1983-03 | Well logging techniques; Vernal, Utah; Rimrock Sandstone Member; Quantitative well logging techniques; Logging | Quantitative well logging techniques were performed on four wells used to conduct a small scale tar sand steamflood and four additional wells used to provide reservoir data for the design of a fourth field experiment near Vernal, Utah. The purposes of this study were to: summarize and present the lo... |
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Morgantown Energy Technology Center publications list, FY 88 | 1989-02 | Morgantown Energy Technology Center; METC | The Publications List includes the scientific and technical reports and papers authored by the Morgantown Energy Technology Center (METC) staff as well as those written by METC contractors during Fiscal Year 1988. The reports and papers are arranged by METC areas of expertise: Arctic and Offshore, C... |
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Mono Power Company: Sunnyside tar sands project--1983 geologic evaluation | 1984-03 | Mono Power; Sunnyside, Utah; Range Creek; Bruin Point; Whitmore Canyon; Uinta Basin; Wasatch Formation; Green River Formation; Mono Power's Sunnyside tar sand leases | This report presents the results of the 1983 geologic evaluation which M-K performed on Mono Power's tar sand leases near Sunnyside, Utah. The project's scope of work involved: - P. R. Spring Drilling - Sunnyside Drilling - Logging and Sampling - Assaying and Testing - Surveying - Aerial Photography... |
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Occurrence of biomarkers in Green River shale oil | 1983-03 | Biomarkers; Biological markers; Shale oils; In-situ retorting; Green River Formation | Biological markers, compounds derived essentially unchanged from living organisms, are found in oil-bearing rocks, petroleum and most ancient sediments. We are investigating the variation in ratios of certain biomarkers in shale oils and their use as tracers for relating oil to source rock during in... |
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Naval petroleum and oil shale reserves | 1996 | Naval Petroleum Reserve; Oil shale reserves; California; Wyoming; Utah; Colorado; Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976; Annual Report; 1996 fiscal year | During fiscal year 1996, the Department of Energy continued to operate Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1 in California and Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 3 in Wyoming through its contractors. In addition, natural gas operations were conducted at Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 3. All productive acreage owned b... |
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Occurrence and reactions of oil shale sulfur | 1982-04 | Green River oil shale; Sulfur forms; Pyrolysis; Oil shale sulfur | We first discuss the nature and abundance of sulfur forms in Green River oil shale. A previously reported correlation between sulfur and grade does not work well over a very large geographical region. We next discuss the distribution of sulfur in the pyrolysis products, including trace sulfur specie... |
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Nitric oxide (NO) reduction by retorted oil shale | 1983-10 | Nitric oxide gas; NO; Retorted oil shale; Nitric oxide reduction; Char | Nitric oxide gas (NO) is effectively reduced by retorted oil shale. At 300°C half of the NO in a gas stream is removed when the gas stream contacts a bed of crushed retorted oil shale for 0.4 s. The fraction removed in 0.4 s reaches 90% at a temperature of 375°C. As long as the reducing agent, pre... |
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Phase II: Clean and Secure Energy from Coal: Quarterly Progress Report: January 1, 2011 to March 30, 2011 | 2011-05-01 | domestic coal resources; CO2 capture; coal; Oxycoal simulation team; coal sequestration | The University of Utah is pursuing research to utilize the vast energy stored in our domestic coal resources and to do so in a manner that will capture CO2 from combustion from stationary power generation. The research is organized around the theme of validation and uncertainty quantification throug... |