Investigation of the Geokinetics horizontal in-situ oil-shale-retorting process. Fifth annual report, 1981

Technical Report · Thu Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:5263561

Costimiris, E G ^[1]

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1. ed.

The Geokinetics in situ shale oil project is a cooperative venture between Geokinetics and the US Department of Energy. The objective is to develop a true in situ process for recovering shale oil using a fire front moving in a horizontal direction. The project is being conducted at a field site, Kamp Kerogen, located 70 miles south of Vernal, Utah. This fifth annual report covers work completed during the calendar year 1981. During 1981, one full sized retort (Retort No. 26) was blasted and the following three retorts were processed: (1) Retort No. 24 operations were continued until July 23; (2) Retort No. 23 was ignited and processed during the calendar year; (3) Retort No. 25 was ignited and burned for 77 days during 1981.

• Research Organization: Geokinetics, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FC20-78LC10787
• OSTI ID: 5263561
• Report Number(s): DOE/LC/10787-89; ON: DE82018581
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040401* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- In Situ Methods
True & Modified
040500 -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Properties & Composition
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHROMATOGRAPHY
COMBUSTION
COMMINUTION
DATA
DECOMPOSITION
ENERGY SOURCES
ENHANCED RECOVERY
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
EXPLOSIVE FRACTURING
FEDERAL REGION VIII
FOSSIL FUELS
FRACTURING
FUELS
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
GASEOUS WASTES
IN-SITU COMBUSTION
IN-SITU PROCESSING
IN-SITU RETORTING
INFORMATION
MATERIALS
MINERAL OILS
NORTH AMERICA
NUMERICAL DATA
OFF-GAS SYSTEMS
OIL SHALES
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
PROCESSING
PRODUCTION
RECOVERY
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
RETORTING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SHALE OIL
THERMAL RECOVERY
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
USA
UTAH
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