Lewin estimates 2 billion barrels of US tar sand recoverable at mid $20/bbl
Journal Article
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· Pace Synth. Fuels Rep.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6048439
In 1983, Lewin and Associates prepared a report which established that the US tar sands resource amounts to over 60 billion barrels of bitumen in-place. However, no estimate was made of the technically or economically recoverable portion of this resource. More recent work carried out by Lewin for the US Department of Energy presents an appraisal of technically and economically recoverable tar sands. The paper describes the tar sand resource in-place, tar sand recovery models used in the study, engineering cost models, the economics of the steam soak prospect, and the economics of a surface mining prospect. The results of the Lewin study show that 5.7 billion barrels of domestic tar sand are technically recoverable, using cyclic steam injection and surface extractive mining. Of this, 4.9 billion barrels are technically recoverable from surface mining methods, with 0.8 billion recoverable from steam soak applications. 1 figure, 3 tables.
- OSTI ID:
- 6048439
- Journal Information:
- Pace Synth. Fuels Rep.; (United States), Journal Name: Pace Synth. Fuels Rep.; (United States) Vol. 23:4; ISSN PSFRD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040100* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Reserves & Exploration-- (-1989)
040300 -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Drilling
Fracturing & Mining
040401 -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- In Situ Methods
True & Modified
040800 -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Economics
Industrial
& Business Aspects
BITUMENS
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
COST
ECONOMICS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENGINEERING
FLUID INJECTION
FLUID INJECTION PROCESSES
FORECASTING
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
MATERIALS
MINING
OIL SAND DEPOSITS
OIL SAND MINING
OIL SANDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
RECOVERY
RESERVES
RESOURCE ASSESSMENT
RESOURCES
STEAM INJECTION
SURFACE MINING
TAR
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
040100* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Reserves & Exploration-- (-1989)
040300 -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Drilling
Fracturing & Mining
040401 -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- In Situ Methods
True & Modified
040800 -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Economics
Industrial
& Business Aspects
BITUMENS
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
COST
ECONOMICS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENGINEERING
FLUID INJECTION
FLUID INJECTION PROCESSES
FORECASTING
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
MATERIALS
MINING
OIL SAND DEPOSITS
OIL SAND MINING
OIL SANDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
RECOVERY
RESERVES
RESOURCE ASSESSMENT
RESOURCES
STEAM INJECTION
SURFACE MINING
TAR
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT