Paraho Oil Shale Project. [Review of accomplishments of operation of Rifle, Colorado facility since 1973]
The Paraho Oil Shale Demonstration is a privately financed project sponsored by seventeen participants. The program to demonstrate the Paraho technology on oil shale is being conducted at the Anvil Points Experiment Station of the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA). The facility is located on the Naval Oil Shale Reserve near Rifle, Colorado. A $9 million, 34 month, mining, retorting and disposal program is scheduled for completion by mid 1976. A large pilot plant and a semi-works scale plant were erected and put into operation in 1974. Two modes of operation, direct and indirect heating, have been successfully demonstrated. Large scale refining of crude shale oil and retorted shale management experiments have been carried out. The extended retorting demonstration runs on Paraho's cylindrical, vertical shaft kilns have characterized this new technology as environmentally acceptable, with high liquid recovery, high thermal efficiency and low water consumption. The demonstration operations and the outlook for the commercial development of oil shale are discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Paraho Oil Shale Demonstration, Inc., Anvil Points, CO
- OSTI ID:
- 7225545
- Journal Information:
- Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem., Prepr.; (United States), Journal Name: Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem., Prepr.; (United States) Vol. 21:6; ISSN ACFPA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
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BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
MINERAL OILS
OIL SHALES
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PARAHO PROCESS
PROCESSING
REFINING
RETORTING
SHALE OIL
SYNTHETIC FUELS
SYNTHETIC PETROLEUM