Present trends in Estonian-Russian work on oil shale
Journal Article
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· Colo. Sch. Min. Q.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6365842
The Estonian oil-shale basin lies near Leningrad. The Baltic region of Russia has always been deficient in fuel and hydroelectric power, and in the post-war years Russia has used oil shale of occupied Estonia to meet these 2 demands. Kukersite oil shale is found in thick calcareous Late Ordovician beds of marine origin which lie throughout the basin at depths varying form 0 to 300 m. Shale layers with thicknesses from 0.6 to 0.7 m and up are considered commercial. Shale beds with an aggregate thickness of 3 m are also common throughout the basin. The Russians have developed more than 10 large underground mines and several open-pit mines whose total annual output in 1966 reached 25 million metric tons. Russia's new energy-chemical and complex-utilization of oil shale processing may offer some economic advantage. These 2 fields--the chemical processing and the waste product utilization--are the areas where the Russians are doing much research, developing new methods, and adapting many petrochemical technologies to shale-chemical processes. This information and the Russian experience with the successful new solid-heat exchanger large-capacity retort should be quite useful to the U.S.A. (49 refs.)
- Research Organization:
- Colorado Sch Mines
- OSTI ID:
- 6365842
- Journal Information:
- Colo. Sch. Min. Q.; (United States), Journal Name: Colo. Sch. Min. Q.; (United States) Vol. 62:3; ISSN CSMQD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040300* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Drilling
Fracturing & Mining
040401 -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- In Situ Methods
True & Modified
ASIA
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DECOMPOSITION
EASTERN EUROPE
ECONOMICS
ENERGY SOURCES
EUROPE
EVALUATION
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HEAT EXCHANGERS
IN-SITU PROCESSING
IN-SITU RETORTING
MATERIALS
MINERAL OILS
MINING
OIL SHALE MINING
OIL SHALES
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PROCESSING
PYROLYSIS
RECOVERY
RETORTING
ROCKS
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
SHALE OIL
SHALES
TESTING
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
USSR
VISCOSITY
040300* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Drilling
Fracturing & Mining
040401 -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- In Situ Methods
True & Modified
ASIA
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DECOMPOSITION
EASTERN EUROPE
ECONOMICS
ENERGY SOURCES
EUROPE
EVALUATION
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HEAT EXCHANGERS
IN-SITU PROCESSING
IN-SITU RETORTING
MATERIALS
MINERAL OILS
MINING
OIL SHALE MINING
OIL SHALES
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PROCESSING
PYROLYSIS
RECOVERY
RETORTING
ROCKS
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
SHALE OIL
SHALES
TESTING
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
USSR
VISCOSITY