Oil shale: Technology status report

Technical Report · Tue Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:6531935

In FY 85 the Oil Shale Program completed the transition to the new structure that began in FY 84. In FY 84 the Oil Shale Program was restructured to advance the understanding of oil shale conversion to a point allowing development of advanced concepts for the production of liquids from shale. Within the Oil Shale Program, the highest priority research is that required to generate pedigree data essential to the understanding of the conversion phenomena. These data will provide input for the private sector's commercial decision-making process. This research includes efforts in the fields of appropriate technology and environmental sciences to establish the data bases and predictive capability required to identify and mitigate potential problems. The principal participants in the new program are Los Alamos National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Morgantown Energy Technology Center, Sandia National Laboratory, Western Research Institute, and selected universities and private companies. The restructured program is to be accomplished in 10 years, in two 5-year phases. The first phase is designed to acquire the best possible data. The second phase is designed to use the data through systems analysis and environmental control technology development to design efficient, cost-effective, and environmentally acceptable conversion systems. The major activities that were initiated in FY 85, the first year of the restructured program, are described in this report. 73 refs.

• Research Organization: USDOE Laramie Project Office, WY
• OSTI ID: 6531935
• Report Number(s): DOE/METC-87/0254; ON: DE87001055
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040400* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Oil Production
Recovery
& Refining
040900 -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Waste management
041000 -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Environmental Aspects
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COORDINATED RESEARCH PROGRAMS
DECOMPOSITION
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
IN-SITU PROCESSING
IN-SITU RETORTING
LAWRENCE BERKELEY LABORATORY
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LABORATORY
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MORGANTOWN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CENTER
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
OIL SHALES
PROCESSING
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
RETORTING
SANDIA LABORATORIES
SOLID WASTES
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES