Oil from sand: an alternate energy source begins to pay off

Journal Article · · Pet. Today; (United States)

OSTI ID:5173366

Markun, P M

Progress on the mining of 7000 acres of oil-impregnated sand by Syncrude Canada Ltd. in Alberta is reported. The project is on schedule presently, timewise and moneywise. The completion date is set for mid-1978. The cost is expected to be $2.4 billion, including an attendant utilities plant. A neighboring plant, the Great Canadian Oil Sands Ltd., has been operating since 1967, and not until 1976 did it show a profit. Syncrude's personnel are building a facility to produce 125,000 barrels of oil per day. At Cold Lake, Alberta, Imperial Oil produces experimentally 5000 barrels of bitumen per day through the in-situ process. Tar sand experimentation in the U. S. is taking place near Vernal, Utah, by ERDA's Laramie Energy Research Center; ignition will be in the combustion version of the in-situ process. The economics of tar sands is discussed. (MCW)

• OSTI ID: 5173366
• Journal Information: Pet. Today; (United States), Journal Name: Pet. Today; (United States) Vol. 18:2; ISSN PTTDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040400 -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Oil Production
Recovery
& Refining
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
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ALBERTA
ATHABASCA DEPOSIT
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CANADA
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
DEMONSTRATION PLANTS
ECONOMICS
ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
MINING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NORTH AMERICA
OIL SAND DEPOSITS
OIL SANDS
PROCESSING
PROFITS
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
USA
UTAH