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Overview of LASL oil shale program

Conference · · Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6419982

The Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (LASL) is involved in a broad spectrum of oil shale-related activities for the US Department of Energy (DOE), including the bed preparation design of a modified in situ retort. This aspect of oil shale research has been identified by DOE as one of the limiting technologies impeding commerical, in situ development of oil shale. The retort bed must have uniform particle size, permeability, and void distributions to allow proper retorting and optimum resource recovery. Controlled fracturing using chemical explosives and carefully designed blasting schemes are the only feasible methods to attain this distribution. This approach to the bed preparation problem is a coordinated research program of explosives characterization, dynamic rock mechanics, predictive computer modeling, and field verification tests. The program is designed to develop the predictive fracturing capability required for the optimum rubbing of the shale.

OSTI ID:
6419982
Journal Information:
Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull.; (United States), Journal Name: Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull.; (United States) Vol. 65:5; ISSN AAPGB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040401* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- In Situ Methods
True & Modified
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290500 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Research
Development
Demonstration
& Commercialization
294004 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Oil Shales & Tar Sands
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
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CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMICAL REACTORS
COMMINUTION
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DECOMPOSITION
DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
EXPLOSIVE FRACTURING
EXPLOSIVES
FIELD TESTS
FOSSIL FUELS
FRACTURING
FUELS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
IN-SITU PROCESSING
IN-SITU RETORTING
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MATERIALS
MECHANICS
MINERAL RESOURCES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
OIL SHALE DEPOSITS
OIL SHALES
PARTICLE SIZE
PERMEABILITY
POROSITY
POSITIONING
PROCESSING
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
RESOURCES
RETORTING
RETORTS
ROCK MECHANICS
SIMULATION
SITE PREPARATION
SIZE
TESTING
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US DOE
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