Oil shale: its role in solving the energy problem. [Discussion of resources, properties, and retorting methods]
Conference
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OSTI ID:7335019
The discussion is presented under the following subject headings: oil shale resource; oil shale characteristics; technology, including descriptions of gas combustion and the Union Oil Company retorts, the TOSCO II and Paraho processes and in-situ retorting methods. Refining crude shale oil, environmental impact of a shale oil industry, economics of shale oil production, and the future of oil shale are also discussed. (JGB)
- Research Organization:
- Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 7335019
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-740251-1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040400* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Oil Production
Recovery
& Refining
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
DOCUMENT TYPES
ECONOMICS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GAS COMBUSTION PROCESS
IN-SITU PROCESSING
IN-SITU RETORTING
MINERAL OILS
MODIFIED IN-SITU PROCESSES
OIL SHALES
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXY MODIFIED IN-SITU PROCESS
PARAHO PROCESS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PROCESSING
RESOURCES
RETORTING
REVIEWS
SHALE OIL
SYNTHETIC FUELS
SYNTHETIC PETROLEUM
TOSCO PROCESS
UNION OIL PROCESS
040400* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Oil Production
Recovery
& Refining
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
DOCUMENT TYPES
ECONOMICS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GAS COMBUSTION PROCESS
IN-SITU PROCESSING
IN-SITU RETORTING
MINERAL OILS
MODIFIED IN-SITU PROCESSES
OIL SHALES
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXY MODIFIED IN-SITU PROCESS
PARAHO PROCESS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PROCESSING
RESOURCES
RETORTING
REVIEWS
SHALE OIL
SYNTHETIC FUELS
SYNTHETIC PETROLEUM
TOSCO PROCESS
UNION OIL PROCESS