Determining the locus of a processing zone in an in situ oil shale retort through a well in the formation adjacent the retort

Patent · Tue Aug 17 00:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6683885

Ridley, R D

The locus of a processing zone advancing through a fragmented permeable mass of formation particles in an in situ oil shale retort in a subterranean formation containing oil shale is determined by monitoring in a well extending through unfragmented formation adjacent the retort, for condition in the retort affected by the advancement of such a processing zone through the retort. Monitoring can be effected by placing means for monitoring such a condition in such a well extending through unfragmented formation adjacent the retort.

• Assignee: Occidental Oil Shale Inc
• Patent Number(s): US 4344484
• OSTI ID: 6683885
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 18 Dec 1980; Other Information: PAT-APPL-217992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
OIL SHALES
IN-SITU RETORTING
GAS ANALYSIS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MONITORING
PROCESSING
ZONES
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DECOMPOSITION
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
IN-SITU PROCESSING
MATERIALS
RETORTING
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