An overview of the tar sand resources of Utah
Conference
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· AAPG Bulletin (American Association of Petroleum Geologists); (United States)
OSTI ID:6688954
- Utah Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
Utah contains 53 shallow tar sand deposits that contain between 19.4 and 29.2 billion bbl of hydrocarbons. This amount is nearly 100 times the total published proven reserves of crude oil in all of Utah. Over 96% of this resource occurs in eight deposits, located in the Uinta basin and in southeastern central Utah. Currently, only small production of tar sand occurs in the state and a low level of research is being done on the deposits due to low oil prices. During the period of high oil prices in the early 1980s, many companies explored these deposits, performed feasibility studies, and developed processes for extracting the oil, but much is still to be learned. New recovery processes may allow future development of this huge resource.
- OSTI ID:
- 6688954
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-930947--
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: AAPG Bulletin (American Association of Petroleum Geologists); (United States) Journal Volume: 77:8
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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