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

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1976 · Adv. Chem. Ser.; (United States)

OSTI ID:7214217

Poulson, R E; Frost, C M; Jensen, H B

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
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Adv. Chem. Ser.; (United States) Journal Volume: 151
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040300 -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Drilling
Fracturing & Mining
040500* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Properties & Composition
AZINES
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CARBONIZATION
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL TAR OILS
COKING
CRYOGENIC FLUIDS
DECOMPOSITION
DISTILLATES
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
HIGH TEMPERATURE
HYDROGENATION
IN-SITU PROCESSING
IN-SITU RETORTING
MINERAL OILS
NAPHTHA
NITROGEN
NONMETALS
OIL SHALES
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM DISTILLATES
PETROLEUM FRACTIONS
PROCESSING
PYRIDINES
RETORTING
SHALE OIL
SYNTHETIC FUELS
SYNTHETIC PETROLEUM