Download or read book Technical and Economic Potentials of Shale Oil Production by Nuclear Explosives written by Klaus-Peter Heiss and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The largest single reserve of hydrocarbons known to exist anywhere in the world is given by the oil shales of the Green River formation. in the western part of the United States. With available conventional techniques only an insignificant part of these resources could be tapped, and that only at great cost and under considerable technical uncertainties. It is on this basis that the Oil Shale Advisory Board came in 1964 to the negative conclusion that such an oil shale industry would not be competitive under conditions as they were at that time. In the following report a new technology is discussed which was first proposed in 1959, but which has been developed mainly since 1964: the in situ production of oil from shale by large underground retorts created by nuclear explosives. The first part of the present report describes this new process; the second part gives an analysis of the United States and the world endowments with crude oil resources and oil shale deposits and finally, the third part deals with expected cost estimates of this new technology as compared with present crude oil prices and potential costs of conventional shale oil production.

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Download or read book Potential of Nuclear Explosives for Producing Hydrocarbons from Deposits of Oil Natural Gas Oil Shale and Tar Sands in the United States written by J. Wade Watkins and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The appreciable difference between producible proved reserves and ultimate reserves and resources of hydrocarbon deposits is of such magnitude that much petroleum, natural gas, shale oil, and bitumen will not be produced unless significant technological progress is made in production techniques. The shattering effect of contained nuclear explosives and, to a lesser extent, the heat produced, have been considered as stimulative forces when the thickness, depth, and nature of such deposits permit considering the use of nuclear devices. The technical feasibility of using nuclear explosives cannot be evaluated fully at present. Additional information is needed on the effects of pressure, heat, and radioactivity on the solids and fluids of hydrocarbon deposits, the nature and extent of induced fractures in different rock media, and the possibility of isolating and confining or removing radioactive contaminants. Final technical feasibility can only be determined by a field test. If technical feasibility is established, economic feasibility will depend upon the comparative cost of producing hydrocarbons by nuclear explosives and by conventional means. It is probable that an economic comparison would favor nuclear stimulation only where devices of relatively high yield could be used practicably and safely. (Author).

Download or read book General Report on the Economics of the Peaceful Uses of Underground Nuclear Explosions written by Oskar Morgenstern and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Plowshare program of the Atomic Energy Commission sets forth to put nuclear explosives to peaceful, economic use. The present report evaluates the major fields of application proposed up to now for such explosives. They are the stimulation of gas and oil reservoirs, production of shale oil, applications to mining, cratering, and a list of various other projects, among them storage of natural gas, waste disposal and water resource management.

Download or read book Potential of Nuclear Explosives for Producing Hydrocarbons from Deposits of Oil Natural Gas Oil Shale and Tar Sands in the United States written by J. Wade Watkins and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The appreciable difference between producible proved reserves and ultimate reserves and resources of hydrocarbon deposits is of such magnitude that much petroleum, natural gas, shale oil, and bitumen will not be produced unless significant technological progress is made in production techniques. The shattering effect of contained nuclear explosives and, to a lesser extent, the heat produced, have been considered as stimulative forces when the thickness, depth, and nature of such deposits permit considering the use of nuclear devices. The technical feasibility of using nuclear explosives cannot be evaluated fully at present. Additional information is needed on the effects of pressure, heat, and radioactivity on the solids and fluids of hydrocarbon deposits, the nature and extent of induced fractures in different rock media, and the possibility of isolating and confining or removing radioactive contaminants. Final technical feasibility can only be determined by a field test. If technical feasibility is established, economic feasibility will depend upon the comparative cost of producing hydrocarbons by nuclear explosives and by conventional means. It is probable that an economic comparison would favor nuclear stimulation only where devices of relatively high yield could be used practicably and safely. (Author).

Download or read book Oil Shales and Tar Sands written by United States. Department of Energy and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Hearings and Reports on Atomic Energy written by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Nuclear Industry written by U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Division of Industrial Participation and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Nuclear Explosion Services for Industrial Applications written by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers H.R. 477 and identical H.R. 10288 and companion S. 1885, to amend the Atomic Energy Act to authorize AEC to provide peaceful nuclear explosives to commercial domestic and foreign concerns under an expanded Plowshare Program. Includes report "Nuclear Construction Engineering Technology" by Lt. Col. Bernard C. Hughes, Sept. 1968 (p. 447-629).

Download or read book A Selected Annotated Bibliography of the Civil Industrial and Scientific Uses for Nuclear Explosives written by and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This supplement to TID-3522 (8th Rev.) contains 265 annotated references to reports and published literature on the USAEC's Plowshare Program. The references are arranged by subject category. Report Number and Availability, Film and Tape, Author, and Experiment Indexes are included.

Download or read book List of Bureau of Mines Publications and Articles with Subject and Author Index written by United States. Bureau of Mines and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Peaceful Uses for Nuclear Explosives written by and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One hundred nine annotated and subject-arranged references are presented to reports and published literature concerning excavation, natural resources development and scientific applications. Author and report number availability indexes are included.

Download or read book Nuclear materials Preaceful uses of atomic energy plowshare Weapons Biology and medicine Training education and information Isotopes development Community Regulation Program directions and administration Security investigations and Amendments to the AEC Authorization Bill March 18 23 and May 13 1971 written by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 1096 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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