Paraho oil shale project. [Coloardo]
The Paraho Oil Shale Project is a privately financed program to prove the Paraho retorting process and hardware on oil shale at Anvil Points, Colo., near Rifle. The project was launched in late 1973 under the sponsorship of 17 participants many of whom were active in earlier oil shale research. Two new Paraho retorts, a pilot and a semiworks size unit, were installed at Anvil Points. The oil-shale mine on the adjacent Naval Oil Shale Reserve was reactivated. The mine and new retorts were put into operation during 1974. The pilot plant is used to explore operating parameters in order to define conditions for testing in the larger semiworks size retort. The experimental operations in 1974 set the stage for the successful runs in 1975 and early 1976. The results of the Paraho operations to date have been encouraging. They demonstrate that the process works, that the equipment is durable, and that both are environmentally acceptable on a pilot and a semiworks plant scale.
- OSTI ID:
- 6398288
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-760585-
- Journal Information:
- Prepr. Int. Nomads Petrol. Expo. Symp.; (United States), Journal Name: Prepr. Int. Nomads Petrol. Expo. Symp.; (United States)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
COLORADO
ECONOMICS
ENERGY SOURCES
FEDERAL REGION VIII
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
MATERIALS
MINERAL OILS
MINING
NORTH AMERICA
OIL SHALE MINING
OIL SHALES
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PARAHO PROCESS
PILOT PLANTS
RECOVERY
ROCKS
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
SHALE OIL
USA