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Coalbed methane recovery and utilization in the United States
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has a commitment to assist the private sector in the development of the commercial use of coalbed methane through the Coalbed... -
Health and environmental effects of synthetic fuel technologies: research...
This report is an assessment of the health and environmental effects research priorities related to coal gasification and liquefaction and oil shale development. It reflects the... -
S.O.D. FLUIDIZED SHALE RETORT DESCRIPTION OF EQUIPMENT AND METHOD OF OPERATION
This report is a description of the large-scale pilot plant which was used to evaluate the fluidized shale retorting process developed by the Standard Oil Development Co. -
ANALYSIS OF OIL SHALES FROM ISRAEL
Several samples of oil shale from the Um-Barek deposit on the west shore of the Dead Sea and from Galilee, Israel near the town of Safed, were submitted for analysis by Dr.... -
Gilsonite as a source of synthetic fuels
Gilsonite (uintaite) is found chiefly in the Uinta Basin of the United States, in a belt about 65 miles long extending from Rio Blanco County, Colorado, through Uintah County,... -
HEAT TRANSFER FROM A GAS STREAM TO A BED OF BROKEN OIL SHALE
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... -
Figure 9
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... -
Laboratory analysis of gas hydrate cores for evaluation of reservoir...
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... -
Oil shale environmental research and coordination. Progress report, 1981-1982
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:... -
Low interfacial tension and miscibility studies for surfactant tertiary oil...
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... -
OIL YIELDS OF FRESH AND WEATHERED OIL SHALES OF INDIANA
"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... -
Laboratory analyses of oil shales for US Department of Energy, Laramie...
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... -
Review of toxicity studies performed on an underground coal gasification...
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... -
SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF OIL MISTS FORMED BY CONDENSATION
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... -
Coordinated study of the Devonian black shale in the Illinois Basin: ...
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... -
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A CO2 FLOOD UTILIZING ADVANCED RESERVOIR...
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... -
Figures 2a & 2b
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... -
A RESEARCH APPROACH TO DEMONSTRATE TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF SECOND...
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... -
Wavefront Construction: A Differential Geometry Approach
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...