Colony Shale Oil project

Conference · Sat May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982 · Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5952246

Hayes, L D

For many years, the oil shale boom in W. Colorado has been just around the corner. The Colony Shale Oil Project is a joint development of the Oil Shale Corp. and Exxon Corp. The Colony operation is located in Garfield County in NW Colorado. To support the plant, it will be necessary to produce 66,000 tons/day of oil shale from a conventional room-and-pillar mine. The shale will be hauled from the mine and crushed to -9 in. (229mm). The coarse ore then will be transported to the secondary crushing station where it will be further reduced to -1/2 in. (13 mm). The finely crushed shale will enter 6 Tosco II retorts, each capable of processing 11,000 tons/day. When heated to 900 F (482 C) in the pyrolysis drum, the kerogen vaporizes and is separated from the spent shale. The oil shale vapors then are condensed, fractionated, and upgraded by hydrotreating before entering a pipeline to be transported to a conventional refinery.

• OSTI ID: 5952246
• Report Number(s): CONF-8206143-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull.; (United States) Journal Volume: 66:5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040300* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Drilling
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BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COLORADO
COMMERCIALIZATION
COMMINUTION
CRACKING
CRUSHING
DECOMPOSITION
ENERGY SOURCES
FEDERAL REGION VIII
FOSSIL FUELS
FRACTIONATION
FUELS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
KEROGEN
MATERIALS
MINING
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OIL SHALE MINING
OIL SHALE PROCESSING PLANTS
OIL SHALES
ORGANIC MATTER
PIPELINES
PYROLYSIS
RETORTING
ROOM AND PILLAR MINING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
THERMAL CRACKING
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TOSCO PROCESS
UNDERGROUND MINING
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