Utah Oil Shale
Science, Technology, and Policy Perspectives
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 2. August 2016
Book
Hardback
362 pages
978-1-4987-2172-1 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
"Anyone involved with in-situ oil shale retorting MUST have this book. It is a definitive work. Spinti, et. al., courageously tackle a very complex and sometimes controversial topic with great vigor and aplomb. The rigor applied to this technologically complicated topic is without precedent."-Ron Stites, Stites & Associates, LLC, Denver, Colorado, USA
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Bosa Roca
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
132 s/w Abbildungen, 19 farbige Abbildungen, 50 s/w Tabellen
50 Tables, black and white; 19 Illustrations, color; 132 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
700 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4987-2172-1 (9781498721721)
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12/2019
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E-Book
08/2016
CRC Press
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E-Book
08/2016
CRC Press
€80.49
Available for download
Person
Jennifer P. Spinti was the Assistant Director of the Clean and Secure Energy from Domestic Oil Shale and Oil Sands Resources program in the Institute for Clean and Secure Energy (ICSE) at The University of Utah from 2009 to 2015. As part of her duties, she organized the University of Utah Unconventional Fuels Conference, edited and published two reports on oil shale and oil sands, and developed a repository of documents, maps, and data related to these resources. She also oversaw research projects related to development of oil shale and oil sands resources in Utah's Uinta Basin and was actively involved in two of those projects. Dr. Spinti earned her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from The University of Utah in 1997 studying NOx emissions from coal combustion. Since then, her research has focused on using computer simulation of combustion systems to reduce the environmental impacts of fossil fuel utilization.
Content
A Decade of Oil Shale Research (2006-2015). Legal and Policy Considerations Involving Oil Shale Bearing Lands and the Resources They Contain. Legal and Policy Considerations Involving Water for Oil Shale Development. Evaluation of the Upper Green River Formation's Oil Shale Resource in the Uinta Basin, Utah. Chemical and Structural Characterization of Oil Shale from the Green River Formation. Oil Shale Pyrolysis Rates and Mechanisms. Core-Scale Oil Shale Pyrolysis. Pore-Scale Transport Processes During Oil Shale Pyrolysis. Geomechanical and Fluid Transport Properties. Modeling of Well Arrangement and its Effect on Energy Ratio for In Situ Thermal Treatment of Oil Shale in the Uinta Basin. Economic Analysis of In Situ Oil Shale Development in the Uinta Basin. Oil Shale Development, Air Quality, and Carbon Management.