Recovery of heavy oil and tar sands using a high-temperature nuclear steam supply

Conference · Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:7083548

Quade, R N; Rao, R

In this paper, the application of the HTGR to enhanced oil recovery is explored using a typical California heavy oil field (Midway-Sunset) and a tar sands field (Maverick County, Texas) as two examples. Cost comparisons are made with available alternates, centralized coal, jumbo boilers for heavy oil, and an atmospheric fluidized bed (AFB) for tar sands. 10 references, 7 figures, 5 tables.

• Research Organization: GA Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AT03-84SF11963
• OSTI ID: 7083548
• Report Number(s): GA-A-17555; CONF-840804-25; ON: DE84012571
• Resource Relation: Conference: Intersociety energy conversion engineering conference, San Francisco, CA, USA, 19 Aug 1984; Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
HTGR TYPE REACTORS
WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION
OIL SANDS
STEAM INJECTION
OIL WELLS
PROCESS HEAT
BITUMENS
COAL
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COST
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
FLOWSHEETS
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTORS
PETROLEUM
VISCOSITY
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
COMBUSTORS
DIAGRAMS
ECONOMICS
ENERGY
ENERGY SOURCES
ENHANCED RECOVERY
FLUID INJECTION
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GAS COOLED REACTORS
GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS
HEAT
MATERIALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
REACTORS
RECOVERY
TAR
THERMAL RECOVERY
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
WELLS
020300* - Petroleum- Drilling & Production
040401 - Oil Shales & Tar Sands- In Situ Methods
True & Modified
210300 - Power Reactors
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