Oil yields and characteristics of Green River Formation oil shales at Wosco EX-1, Uintah County, Utah

Journal Article · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1972 · Rep. Invest. - U.S., Bur. Mines; (United States)

OSTI ID:6960224

Smith, J W; Trudell, L G; Robb, W A

Detailed oil yield, lithologic, and mineral distribution data are presented for core and drill-cutting samples from the Western Oil Shale Corp. Project Utah EX-1 Corehole (WOSCO EX-1), drilled to sample a deeply buried oil-shale sequence in the Green River Formation of Utah's Uinta Basin. Drilling of this corehole was part of the evaluation of this site for possible oil-shale development by nuclear explosion. Sections sufficiently thick for nuclear development average 15 gallons per ton or less and consist predominantly of low-grade shales. Some properties of low-grade shales may be advantageous to a nuclear experiment by facilitating breakage fracture development, and in situ retorting. The formation correlates precisely with the well-studied oil shales 25 miles east near the Colorado border. A 235-foot mineralized section containing nahcolite, shortite, and searlesite whose bottom lies 300 feet above the Mahogany zone is described. 19 references.

• OSTI ID: 6960224
• Journal Information: Rep. Invest. - U.S., Bur. Mines; (United States), Journal Name: Rep. Invest. - U.S., Bur. Mines; (United States) Vol. 7693; ISSN XBMIA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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