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"The Department of Energy (DOE) Anvil Points Experiment Station was established for the purpose of conducting demonstrations of the hot retorting process for the extraction of...

The objective of this project is to implement new high-power slim-hole motors and bits into field gas well drilling applications. Development of improved motors and bits is...

Various articles on enhanced oil recovery

The bonding energy of bitumen in a tar sand was found by algebraically adding the heat of dissolution of bitumen on tar sand, heat of dissolution of recovered bitumen and the...

"There are many areas of concern which have been identified in reports from 1976 (1) and before as critical to the development of useful UCC technology. Three of these areas...

The intrinsic kinetics of reaction of oxygen with carbonaceous residue in rapidly pyrolyzed Colorado oil shale were determined by a series of isothermal fluidized-bed...

This Bureau of Mines report primarily concerns water usage at Wyoming mineral industry operations. It also contains water-use data on operations closely related to mineral...

The objectives of this project were twofold. The primary objective was to demonstrate the concept of using reactive ion exchange membranes (IEMs) containing organic amines for...

In 1944, under the Synthetic Liquid Fuels Act, the Bureau of Mines was directed to supply the scientific, engineering, and economic information required for the establishment of...

This paper describes the underground coal gasification (UCG) process and the anticipated uses of the UCG product gas. The history of the development of UCG and the potential...

"The Bureau of Mines has presented an industry-scale oil shale project report in which a 234,000 B/CD operation is designed and its cost estimated. Crushed oil shale is retorted...

The Western Gas Sands Project Plan, Project Implementation Plans, Project Plan Document FY 78 and the Quarterly Basin Activities Report are in various stages of preparation....

The underground coal gasification project at Hanna, Wyoming is being conducted by the Laramie Energy Research Center for the US DOE. UCG provides a means of utilizing the energy...

This report presents a summary design description of the Conceptual Design for an Integral Monitored Retrievable Storage (MRS) Facility, as prepared by The Ralph M. Parsons...

Underground coal gasification field test results obtained since 1976 are reviewed, illustrating the important role that the UCG process feature of a varying reactor geometry has...

Objective: Perform chemical and physical analyses on the shale oil produced. Provide information useful for controlling the retorting process.

"The study of various proposals for retorting oil shale has resulted in the recognition of the existence of certain fundamental relationships which must be considered when...

The objectives of the Distribution of Inorganics project were basically threefold. One objective was to develop methods for quantifying the inorganic associations within a coal...

The project goals are to: -Perform, for the first time, laboratory measurements of the seismic velocities and attenuation across the entire seismic band of frequencies on rocks...

Project Final Report NT43291-1.8-The goal of this project is to provide a better understanding of potential technical issues involving the use of proppants in the Bakken...