Crow Tribe of Indians: synfuels feasibility study. Volume V. Special studies. [Crow Synfuels Project; by-products market]

Technical Report · Sun Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6681971

The Crow Synfuels Project has two excellent feed coal sources that can be considered. The coals from both sources are similar in quality and the total tonnage required owing to the different gasification characteristics of each coal is almost identical. Westmoreland is presently operating a mine producing coal in quantities comparable to what the synfuels plant requires so they know what the actual mining costs are. They have the equipment available and an approved mining plan to proceed with supplying coal to the synfuels plant within a year after signing a contract. Shell is well along with developing their mining project by virtue of having submitted their environmental impact report. Shell plans to have the mine in full operation in 1986 which will easily meet the requirements of the startup schedule proposed for the synfuels plant. The Shell coal costs are considerably higher than the Westmoreland coal costs, but Shell has the advantage that the synfuel plant can be located near the minemouth. The final ranking of the coal supply can only be done after evaluating coal transportation, water supply, access roads, site preparation, and differences in process plant requirements. In Part 2 of Volume 5, the market for by-products of the proposed plant in the Rocky Mountain region are analyzed.

• Research Organization: Fluor Engineers and Constructors, Inc., Irvine, CA (USA); Crow Tribe of Indians, Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG01-81RA50351
• OSTI ID: 6681971
• Report Number(s): DOE/RA/50351-1300-Vol.5; ON: DE83002020
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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