Oil-impregnated rocks of Utah: USERDA field experiment to recover oil from tar sand
Journal Article
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· Brigham Young Univ. Geol. Stud.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6795080
The U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration is equipping a field experiment to test the reverse combustion process for recovery of oil from a tar sand on a 10-acre site on the Northwest Asphalt Ridge deposit near Vernal, Utah. A tar sand section 10 ft thick at the top of the Rim Rock Sandstone (Mesaverde, Upper Cretaceous) has been selected for testing. Air is to be transmitted through injection wells at 16,000 scf/hr at 200 to 400 psig. Production wells, with 2 strings of tubing, one to transmit cooling water to the bottom of the well and the other to produce hot vapors at the surface, will produce vaporized oil and water in about a 2:1 ratio by volume. Following ignition, the burning front should move from well bore into tar sand with a peak burning temperature of 800/sup 0/F. The optimum air flux is 40 scf/hr-sq ft across the pattern and should result in a total production of 30 to 35% oil in place.
- Research Organization:
- Energy Research and Development Administration
- OSTI ID:
- 6795080
- Journal Information:
- Brigham Young Univ. Geol. Stud.; (United States), Journal Name: Brigham Young Univ. Geol. Stud.; (United States) Vol. 22; ISSN BYGSA
- 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
BITUMENS
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
DIMENSIONS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENHANCED RECOVERY
FEDERAL REGION VIII
FIELD TESTS
FLUID FLOW
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS
GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES
IN-SITU COMBUSTION
IN-SITU PROCESSING
MATERIALS
NORTH AMERICA
OIL SANDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
PETROLEUM
PROCESSING
RECOVERY
RESERVOIR PRESSURE
RESERVOIR TEMPERATURE
TAR
TESTING
THERMAL RECOVERY
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
THICKNESS
USA
UTAH
040401* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- In Situ Methods
True & Modified
BITUMENS
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
DIMENSIONS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENHANCED RECOVERY
FEDERAL REGION VIII
FIELD TESTS
FLUID FLOW
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS
GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES
IN-SITU COMBUSTION
IN-SITU PROCESSING
MATERIALS
NORTH AMERICA
OIL SANDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
PETROLEUM
PROCESSING
RECOVERY
RESERVOIR PRESSURE
RESERVOIR TEMPERATURE
TAR
TESTING
THERMAL RECOVERY
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
THICKNESS
USA
UTAH