Oil shale: Technology status report
This report documents the status of the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Oil Shale Program as of the end of FY 86. The report consists of (1) a status of oil shale development, (2) a description of the DOE Oil Shale Program, (3) an FY 86 oil shale research summary, and (4) a summary of FY 86 accomplishments. Discoveries were made in FY 86 about the physical and chemical properties and behavior of oil shales, process chemistry and kinetics, in situ retorting, advanced processes, and the environmental behavior and fate of wastes. The DOE Oil Shale Program shows an increasing emphasis on eastern US oil shales and in the development of advanced oil shale processing concepts. With the award to Foster Wheeler for the design of oil shale conceptual plants, the first step in the development of a systems analysis capability for the complete oil shale process has been taken. Unocal's Parachute Creek project, the only commercial oil shale plant operating in the United States, is operating at about 4000 bbl/day. The shale oil is upgraded at Parachute Creek for input to a conventional refinery. 67 refs., 21 figs., 3 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Laramie Project Office, WY
- OSTI ID:
- 6915729
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/METC-88/0258; ON: DE88001018
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
OIL SHALE PROCESSING PLANTS
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
OIL SHALES
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
IN-SITU RETORTING
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
PROGRESS REPORT
RETORTS
SOLID WASTES
US DOE
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMICAL REACTORS
DECOMPOSITION
DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
IN-SITU PROCESSING
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PROCESSING
RETORTING
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTES
040400* - Oil Shales & Tar Sands- Oil Production
Recovery
& Refining
040500 - Oil Shales & Tar Sands- Properties & Composition
041000 - Oil Shales & Tar Sands- Environmental Aspects