Download or read book Oil Shale written by Olayinka I. Ogunsola and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Oil Shale A Solution to the Liquid Fuel Dilemma written by Arthur Hartstein and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2010-09-23 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This symposium series book describes recent research and developments of various aspects (characteristics, production, processing, upgrading, utilization, environmental, socio-economics, policy, and legal) of oil shale.
Download or read book Oil Shale and Water Quality written by Paul Stephen Dempsey and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The political and economic problems associated with this nation's dependence on the heroin of foreign oil have made it imperative that we exploit domestic energy alternatives and reduce energy consumption. Among the most promising long-term solutions to this nation's need for liquid fuel are the enormous oil shale deposits of Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah - particularly those of western Colorado's Piceance Basin. Although only approximately forty percent of the oil locked in such shale is extractable under existing technology, even that much oil would rival the reserves of the Persian Gulf. Indeed, it is widely recognized that oil shale may be the first major synthetic fuel to supplement petroleum. The political and economic pressures which encourage the large-scale development of the oil shale industry are enormous. Prudent foreign policy dictates that the Western World should not continue to rely on the oil reserves of the Persian Gulf region because of the inherent political volatility of the Middle East and the even greater danger that the Soviet presence in Afghanistan may ultimately portend. Furthermore, the United States cannot continue to withstand the tremendous economic ravages of the balance of payments deficit and the inflation associated with high oil prices. Thus, domestic energy alternatives must be explored aggressively. In other words, exploration of domestic energy alternatives, supplemented with energy conservations, is the only rational solution to the political and economic dilemma that the United States faces. From a national environmental perspective, however, the development of oil shale reserves will undoubtedly pose severe water pollution problems. A complex regulatory labyrinth reflects the perspectives from which various governmental entities perceive the problem of water pollution in the Colorado River Basin. Thus, although the Colorado and White Rivers originate in Colorado, the state is nevertheless concerned with the ability of its citizens downstream of oil shale mining and production to continue to use these waters beneficially. Traditionally, this concern has meant preserving a small irrigation agriculture industry in the western portion of the state. The federal government has a legitimate interest in protecting the interests of users who are domiciled farther downstream in the states of Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California where the water is again used for agriculture and for drinking. Finally, the United States and Mexico have consummated a series of bilateral agreements designed to regulate the flow and quality of that water as it exits the United States and enters Mexico. Thus, three separate legal regimes, state, federal, and international, have a legitimate interest in regulating the quality of water in the Colorado River. This article will examine these different levels of water pollution regulation. It will also explore whether our domestic oil shale reserves can be developed in a manner that not only promotes national energy policy but also protects national environmental policy.
Download or read book Oil Shale written by Anthony Andrews and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Federal interest in oil shale dates back to the early 20th century, when the Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves were set aside. Commercial interest followed during the 1960s. After a second oil embargo in the 1970s, Congress created a synthetic fuels program to stimulate large-scale commercial development of oil shale. Commercially backed oil shale projects ended in the early 1980s when oil prices began declining. High oil prices have revived the interest in oil shale. Contents of this report: Intro.; Geology and Production Technology of Oil Shale; History of Oil Shale Development; Incentives and Disincentives to Development; Policy Perspectives; Legislative History to 2006. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand report.
Download or read book The Shale Dilemma written by Shanti Gamper-Rabindran and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The US shale boom and efforts by other countries to exploit their shale resources could reshape energy and environmental landscapes across the world. But how might those landscapes change? Will countries with significant physical reserves try to exploit them? Will they protect or harm local communities and the global climate? Will the benefits be shared or retained by powerful interests? And how will these decisions be made? The Shale Dilemma brings together experts working at the forefront of shale gas issues on four continents to explain how countries reach their decisions on shale development. Using a common analytical framework, the authors identify both local factors and transnational patterns in the decision-making process. Eight case studies reveal the trade-offs each country makes as it decides whether to pursue, delay, or block development. Those outcomes in turn reflect the nature of a country's political process and the power of interest groups on both sides of the issue. The contributors also ask whether the economic arguments made by the shale industry and its government supporters have overshadowed the concerns of local communities for information on the effects of shale operations, and for tax policies and regulations to ensure broad-based economic development and environmental protection. As an informative and even-handed account, The Shale Dilemma recommends practical steps to help countries reach better, more transparent, and more far-sighted decisions.
Download or read book The U S Energy Dilemma written by Hubert E. Risser and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the winter of 1972-1973, many individuals, government organizations, and business and industrial concerns in the United States were, for the first time, directly affected by the current energy dilemma. By the end of 1972, domestic output of both oil and natural gas had essentially reached the utmost productive capacity of the existing known reserves. Progress is being made in finding ways to produce liquid fuel and gas of pipeline quality from coal, recover oil from oil shale, and develop advanced nuclear reactors on a commercial basis. Progress also has been made in efforts to utilize energy from unconventional sources, among them geothermal, solar, and tidal sources. Some of these efforts will probably result in no more than limited contributions to our future energy supplies; others are likely to become major sources of supply. Ultimately, a combination of some of these various potential sources can be expected to provide the needed large additions to our energy supply, but none of them is now in a sufficiently advanced stage of development to offer significant relief for at least the next few years. Before the existing potential for energy can be realized, numerous economic, technologic, environmental, and resource problems that are currently impeding any immediate solution of the nation's energy dilemma must be overcome. This report identifies some of the factors contributing to the dilemma and discusses various aspects of proposals that have been offered as solutions to the problem.
Download or read book Utah Oil Shale written by Jennifer Spinti and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-08-05 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes full-color isopach and richness maps for each organic-rich and organic-lean oil shale interval within the upper Green River Formation. Offers computational exploration of trade-offs in drilling and heating options on the net energy return for oil produced from an in situ process. Analyzes costs and emissions associated with in situ production of oil shale. Discusses legal and policy issues for a nascent oil shale industry.
Download or read book Shale Oil written by L. W. Schramm and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shale Oil and Gas Handbook written by Sohrab Zendehboudi and published by Gulf Professional Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-19 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shale Oil and Gas Handbook: Theory, Technologies, and Challenges provides users with information on how shale oil and gas exploration has revolutionized today’s energy industry. As activity has boomed and job growth continues to increase, training in this area for new and experienced engineers is essential. This book provides comprehensive information on both the engineering design and research aspects of this emerging industry. Covering the full spectrum of basic definitions, characteristics, drilling techniques, and processing and extraction technologies, the book is a great starting point to educate oil and gas personnel on today’s shale industry. Critical topics covered include characterization of shale gas, theory and methods, typical costs, and obstacles for exploration and drilling, R&D and technology development in shale production, EOR methods in shale oil reservoirs, and the current status and impending challenges for shale oil and gas, including the inevitable future prospects relating to worldwide development. Reveals all the basic information needed to quickly understand today’s shale oil and gas industry, including advantages and disadvantages, equipment and costs, flow diagrams, and processing stages Evenly distributes coverage between oil and gas into two parts, as well as upstream and downstream content Provides a practical handbook with real-world case studies and problem examples, including formulas and calculations
Download or read book Shale Oil and Gas written by Vikram Rao and published by RTI Press. This book was released on 2015-08-09 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Promise and the Peril
Download or read book The Economic Potentialities of Synthetic Liquid Fuels from Oil Shale written by Henry Steele and published by Ayer Publishing. This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Science and Technology of Unconventional Oils written by M. M. Ramirez-Corredores and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, The Science and Technology of Unconventional Oils: Finding Refining Opportunities, intends to report the collective physical and chemical knowledge of unconventional oils (heavy, extra-heavy, sour/acid, and shale oil) and the issues associated with their refining for the production of transportation fuels. It will focus on the discussion of the scientific results and technology activities of the refining of unconventional oils. The presence of reactive and refractory compounds and components that negatively impact refining processing (the "bad actors") are discussed and analyzed. The commercially available technologies, with their reported improvements and emerging ideas, concepts, and technologies, are described. This comprehensive overview constitutes the basis for establishing technology gaps, and in return sets the science and technology needs to be addressed in the future. In summary, this book incorporates the relevant knowledge of processing unconventional crude oils and of the "Bottom-of-the-Barrel" fraction, describing the related commercially available and emerging technologies to contribute to the identification of existing gaps. Relates physicochemical properties and phenomenological behavior of unconventional oils to refining challenges Describes commercially available technologies and the problems they solve Lists recent improvements in various processes and identifies technology gaps Explains emerging new refining technologies and the problems they solve Discusses future needs and challenges, and suggests further research and development needs
Download or read book The Genesis of Oil Shale and Its Relation to Petroleum and Other Fuels written by Paul De Vries Manning and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Potential Role of Oil Shale in the U S Energy Mix written by Theodore John Ellis and published by Ayer Publishing. This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Oil Shales of the World written by Paul L. Russell and published by Pergamon. This book was released on 1990 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Oil Shale written by Donald C. Duncan and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Global Chemical Kinetics of Fossil Fuels written by Alan K. Burnham and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-02-11 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers the origin and chemical structure of sedimentary organic matter, how that structure relates to appropriate chemical reaction models, how to obtain reaction data uncontaminated by heat and mass transfer, and how to convert that data into global kinetic models that extrapolate over wide temperature ranges. It also shows applications for in-situ and above-ground processing of oil shale, coal and other heavy fossil fuels. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to develop and apply reliable chemical kinetic models for natural petroleum formation and fossil fuel processing and is designed for course use in petroleum systems modelling. Problem sets, examples and case studies are included to aid in teaching and learning. It presents original work and contains an extensive reanalysis of data from the literature.
