Chemical beneficiation of shale kerogen

Conference · Wed Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1987 · American Chemical Society, Division of Petroleum Chemistry, Preprints; (USA)

OSTI ID:5338982

McCollum, J D

By aqueous caustic digestion of oil shale at 150 to 165{degree}C followed by acid extraction, as much as 95% of the mineral matter can be removed from raw shale without appreciably altering the kerogen from its virgin state. The low ash of the concentrate permits it to be hydroliquefied catalytically to a stable oil moderate nitrogen content. This paper describes bench scale results of beneficiation of Green River shale using this caustic-acid method and some properties of the concentrated kerogen.

• OSTI ID: 5338982
• Report Number(s): CONF-8704343--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: American Chemical Society, Division of Petroleum Chemistry, Preprints; (USA) Journal Volume: 32:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040402* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Surface Methods
AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
ASH CONTENT
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DATA
DISPERSIONS
ENERGY SOURCES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
EXTRACTION
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS
GREEN RIVER FORMATION
HIGH TEMPERATURE
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROXIDES
INFORMATION
KEROGEN
MATERIALS
MINERALS
MIXTURES
NUMERICAL DATA
OIL SHALES
ORGANIC MATTER
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOLUTIONS
SOLVENT EXTRACTION