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Characteristics of synthetic crude from crude shale oil produced by in situ combustion retorting

Conference · · Adv. Chem. Ser.; (United States)
OSTI ID:7214217

A synthetic crude prepared by hydrogenating the naphtha, the light oil, and the heavy oil fractions obtained from in situ crude shale oil by distillation and coking of the 850/sup 0/F + residuum was characterized by examining the fractions. The heavy oil had 935 ppM nitrogen of which 40 percent was pyridine-type nitrogen, and 60 percent was pyrrole-type nitrogen. The light oil had 79 ppM nitrogen, all of which was pyridine-type nitrogen. The naphtha had less than 1 ppM nitrogen, which was not characterized. The saturate content of the fractions was--naphtha, 87 percent; light oil, 77 percent; and heavy oil, 73 percent. In addition, the heavy oil contained 6 percent olefins and 2 percent polar material.

Research Organization:
Laramie Energy Research Center, WY
OSTI ID:
7214217
Journal Information:
Adv. Chem. Ser.; (United States), Journal Name: Adv. Chem. Ser.; (United States) Vol. 151; ISSN ADCSA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English