Investigation of the Geokinetics horizontal in situ oil-shale-retorting process. Fourth annual report, 1980

Technical Report · Sun Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6783987· OSTI ID:6783987

Hutchinson, D L ^[1]

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1. ed.

The Geokinetics in situ shale oil project is a cooperative venture between Geokinetics Inc. and the US Department of Energy. The objective is to develop a true in situ process for recovering shale oil using a fire front moving in a horizontal direction. The project is being conducted at a field site, Kamp Kerogen, located 70 miles south of Vernal, Utah. This Fourth Annual Report covers work completed during the calendar year 1980. During 1980 one full-size retort was blasted. Two retorts, blasted the previous year, were burned. A total of 4891 barrels of oil was produced during the year.

• Research Organization: Geokinetics, Inc., Concord, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FC20-78LC10787
• OSTI ID: 6783987
• Report Number(s): DOE/LC/10787-73
• 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
041000 -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Environmental Aspects
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
COMMINUTION
DECOMPOSITION
DRILLING
ENERGY SOURCES
ENHANCED RECOVERY
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EQUIPMENT
EXPLOSIVE FRACTURING
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FRACTURING
FUELS
GASES
IN-SITU COMBUSTION
IN-SITU PROCESSING
IN-SITU RETORTING
LOFRECO PROCESS
MATERIALS
MINERAL OILS
NORTH AMERICA
OIL SHALES
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
PROCESSING
PRODUCTION
RECOVERY
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
RETORTING
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION
SHALE OIL
SITE PREPARATION
THERMAL RECOVERY
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
USA
UTAH