Simulation of a Conceptualized Combined Pyrolysis, In Situ Combustion, and CO2 Storage Strategy for Fuel Production from Green River Oil Shale

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 1731-1739 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob H. Bauman ◽  
Milind Deo
Keyword(s):  
Oil Shale ◽  
Co2 Storage ◽  
Fuel Production ◽  
In Situ Combustion ◽  
Green River

ORGANIC MATTER IN OIL SHALES

1980 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.C. Hutton ◽  
A.J. Kantsler ◽  
A.C. Cook ◽  
D.M. McKirdy
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Oil Shale ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Mineral Matter ◽  
Green River ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Recovery Cost ◽  
Oil Shales

The Tertiary oil-shale deposits at Rundle in Queensland and of the Green River Formation in the western USA, together with Mesozoic deposits such as those at Julia Creek in Queensland, offer prospects of competitive recovery cost through the use of large-scale mining methods or the use of in situ processing.A framework for the classification of oil shales is proposed, based on the origin and properties of the organic matter. The organic matter in most Palaeozoic oil shales is dominantly large, discretely occurring algal bodies, referred to as alginite A. However, Tertiary oil shales of northeastern Australia are chiefly composed of numerous very thin laminae of organic matter cryptically-interbedded with mineral matter. Because the present maceral nomenclature does not adequately encompass the morphological and optical properties of most organic matter in oil shales, it is proposed to use the term alginite B for finely lamellar alginite, and the term lamosites (laminated oil shales) for oil shales which contain alginite B as their dominant organic constituent. In the Julia Creek oil shale the organic matter is very fine-grained and contains some alginite B but has a higher content of alginite A and accordingly is assigned to a suite of oil shales of mixed origin.Petrological and chemical techniques are both useful in identifying the nature and diversity of organic matter in oil shales and in assessing the environments in which they were formed. Such an understanding is necessary to develop exploration concepts for oil shales.

Evaluation of an In-Situ Retorting Experiment in Green River Oil Shale

1972 ◽  
Vol 24 (01) ◽  
pp. 21-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.C. Carpenter ◽  
E.L. Burwell ◽  
H.W. Sohns
Keyword(s):  
Oil Shale ◽  
Green River

scholarly journals Numerical Simulation of In Situ Combustion of Oil Shale

Geofluids ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huan Zheng ◽  
Weiping Shi ◽  
Dali Ding ◽  
Chuangye Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Content ◽  
Oil Shale ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Gas Injection ◽  
Injection Rate ◽  
Oxidation Reactions ◽  
Arrhenius Law ◽  
In Situ Combustion ◽  
Conservation Equations

This paper analyzes the process of in situ combustion of oil shale, taking into account the transport and chemical reaction of various components in porous reservoirs. The physical model is presented, including the mass and energy conservation equations and Darcy’s law. The oxidation reactions of oil shale combustion are expressed by adding source terms in the conservation equations. The reaction rate of oxidation satisfies the Arrhenius law. A numerical method is established for calculating in situ combustion, which is simulated numerically, and the results are compared with the available experiment. The profiles of temperature and volume fraction of a few components are presented. The temperature contours show the temperature variation in the combustion tube. It is found that as combustion reaction occurs in the tube, the concentration of oxygen decreases rapidly, while the concentration of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide increases contrarily. Besides, the combustion front velocity is consistent with the experimental value. Effects of gas injection rate, permeability of the reservoir, initial oil content, and injected oxygen content on the ISC process were investigated in this study. Varying gas injection rate and oxygen content is important in the field test of ISC.

scholarly journals In situ combustion of Antrim oil shale: field test of Tejas petroleum engineers burner

1980 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. Cole ◽  
R. K. Pihlaja
Keyword(s):  
Field Test ◽  
Oil Shale ◽  
In Situ Combustion

Oil Yield and Quality from Simulated In-Situ Retorting of Green River Oil Shale

1976 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.B. Needham ◽  
Arvids Judzis ◽  
A.J. Cornelius
Keyword(s):  
Oil Shale ◽  
Oil Yield ◽  
Green River ◽  
Yield And Quality

Nanoscale Morphology of Kerogen and In Situ Nanomechanical Properties of Green River Oil Shale

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 04015003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin N. Alstadt ◽  
Kalpana S. Katti ◽  
Dinesh R. Katti
Keyword(s):  
Oil Shale ◽  
Green River ◽  
Nanomechanical Properties ◽  
Nanoscale Morphology
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