In situ retorting of oil shale

Patent · Tue May 11 00:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:5199571

Berry, K L

Disclosed is a method for the underground retorting of oil shale comprising introducing retorting fluid from a first direction into a retort containing rubblized mass comprising oil shale until the mass is substantially retorted; and then introducing oxygen containing gas from a second direction substantially opposite to the first direction to combust with coke or hydrocarbonaceous materials in the rubblized mass and retort a portion of unretorted rubblized mass.

• Assignee: Standard Oil Co (Indiana)
• Patent Number(s): US 4328863
• OSTI ID: 5199571
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040401* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- In Situ Methods
True & Modified
AIR
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COKE
COMBUSTION
COUNTERFLOW SYSTEMS
DECOMPOSITION
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
FLOW RATE
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GASES
IN-SITU PROCESSING
IN-SITU RETORTING
INJECTION
INTAKE
KEROGEN
MATERIALS
MINERAL OILS
NONMETALS
OIL SHALES
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC MATTER
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
OXYGEN
PROCESSING
RETORTING
SHALE OIL
STEAM
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES