The filling of oil shale mines with spent shale ash; ash characteristics and grout development

Conference · Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982 · Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5394136

Watson, G H; Bissery, P; Griffis, R L; Namy, D; Nicholson, D H; Ziemba, E A

Rio Blanco Oil Shale Company (RBOSC) has considered the modified in-situ (MIS) process as one of the alternatives for extracting oil from oil shale at Tract C-a. One of the problems to be solved for this approach is the environmental consequence of underground retort abandonment. This includes possible contamination of groundwater as the natural groundwater regime is re-established, aerial subsidence, aquifer mixing and underground disposal of surface-retorted materials. This paper outlines the four-phase program under contract to the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, which is being used to address the problem and details the laboratory and pilot scale testing.

• Research Organization: Standard Oil Company, Indiana
• OSTI ID: 5394136
• Report Number(s): CONF-820927-
• Journal Information: Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States), Journal Name: Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States) Vol. SPE10999; ISSN SEAPA
• 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
041000 -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Environmental Aspects
ABANDONED SITES
ASHES
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CONTAMINATION
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
DECOMPOSITION
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GROUND WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
IN-SITU PROCESSING
IN-SITU RETORTING
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MODIFIED IN-SITU PROCESSES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
OIL SHALES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PROCESSING
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
RESIDUES
RETORTING
SPENT SHALES
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
US BUREAU OF MINES
US DOI
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WATER