Environmental, health, safety, and socioeconomic impacts associated with oil recovery from tar-sand deposits in the United States

Technical Report · Sat Sep 12 04:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:6053361

Daniels, J I

Estimates of potential pollution-emission levels affecting land, air, and water were calculated from available data related to current surface and in situ tar-sand field experiments in the US. These data were then extrapolated to determine pollutant levels expected from conceptual commercial surface and in situ facilities producing 20,000 bbl/d. The likelihood-of-occurrence of these impacts was then assessed. Experience from other industries, including information concerning health and ecosystem damage from air pollutants, measurements of ground-water transport of organic pollutants, and the effectiveness of environmental-control technologies was used to make this assessment. Conclusions reached from this assessment are that certain effects are more likely to occur than others. In this final report these effects are discussed and ordered according to their likelihood-of-occurrence for surface and in situ tar-sand oil extraction technologies.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 6053361
• Report Number(s): UCRL-53197; ON: DE81031929
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AIR POLLUTION
BITUMENS
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
COMPLIANCE
COST
DECOMPOSITION
ECONOMIC IMPACT
EMISSION
ENERGY SOURCES
ENHANCED RECOVERY
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EXTRACTION
FLUID INJECTION
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
IN-SITU COMBUSTION
IN-SITU PROCESSING
INDUSTRY
LAND POLLUTION
MATERIALS
NORTH AMERICA
OIL SAND INDUSTRY
OIL SANDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
POLLUTION
POLLUTION REGULATIONS
PROCESSING
RECOVERY
REGULATIONS
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
RETORTING
SAFETY
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOCIAL IMPACT
SOLVENT EXTRACTION
STEAM INJECTION
TAR
THERMAL RECOVERY
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
USA
WATER POLLUTION