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Design of efficient oil-shale retorting plants and evaluation of the thermal efficiency of proposed retorts require information on the rate of heat transfer to a bed of shale. A...

Two sets of tractions applied to the same rock sample. The sample on the left deforms with the effective dry rock compliances. The sample on the right deforms with the effective...

Methodology and procedures for the study of hydrate cores are detailed. Topics discussed are the (1) equipment and procedures for the formation and evaluation of hydrate cores...

Research programs in enhanced recovery are briefly described. A publications list from the Bartlesville Project Office and an index of the companies and institutions performing...

The purpose of this research program is two-fold: to conduct research on the environmental impacts of an oil shale industry and to develop strategies to mitigate these effects:...

The fluidized bed heat transfer characteristics of vertical finned and unfinned tube heat exchangers were examined in a 12-inch FluoSolids Reactor. Four different heat exchanger...

The examination of the structural evolution of carbon during oxidation has proven to be of scientific interest. Early modeling work of fluidized bed combustion showed that most...

Western Research Institute (WRI) has conducted exploratory experiments on the use of microwave-induced plasmas to desulfurize heavy oils. Batch mode experiments were conducted...

Oil and gas are currently the predominant fuels for process steam generation, on site electrical generation, and direct and indirect heating requirements in the industrial,...

The Department of Energy/Morgantown Energy Technology Center (DOE/METC) has initiated research on the disposal of solid wastes from advanced coal processes. The objective of...

Polymer addition to an aqueous surfactant solution causes phase separation when the solution is initially a single liquid crystalline phase or a dispersion of liquid crystal in...

"Contrary to conventional wisdom, such early researchers as Ashley and Reeves in their studies of eastern oil shales noted that weathered oil shales gave higher oil yields than...

Analytical tests were performed on six samples of raw oil shale, two identified as Eastern, two identified as Colorado and the remaining two as Utah. This report covers the...

Three studies related to the toxicity of underground coal gasification (UCG) waters have bee conducted: (1) toxicity study of UCG water and its fractions as determined by the...

Organic vapors generated by retorting a bed of oil shale undergo rapid cooling and condense as a mist and also on rock surfaces. Experiments were carried out simulating the...

An evaluation of the resource potential of the Devonian shales, called the Eastern Gas Shales Project (EGSP) was begun. A study of the stratigraphy, structure, composition, and...

The objectives of the Management/Evaluation Plan are: 1) clarify management structure, task responsibilities and schedules, and 2) to be used as a basis for judging the Project...

Fracture azimuth and in-situ stress data from well control. The maximum horizontal in-situ stress in the wells studied is interpreted as dominantly northeast in the shallow 2000...

Shale oil is a leading contender as a synthetic fuel alternative to petroleum. Since 1815, U. S. oil shale development has gone through four boom-bust cycles that have been...

A ray travel time wavefront represents a mathematical object called a manifold. In particular, paraxial ray theory contains elements that predict the Gaussian curvature of the...