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28th Oil Shale Symposium 2008 Golden, Colorado, USA 13 - 15 October 2008 ISBN: 978-1-63439-438-3 Printed from e-media with permission by: Curran Associates, Inc. 57 Morehouse Lane Red Hook, NY 12571 Some format issues inherent in the e-media version may also appear in this print version. Copyright© (2008) by the Colorado School of Mines All rights reserved. Printed by Curran Associates, Inc. (2014) For permission requests, please contact the Colorado School of Mines at the address below. Colorado School of Mines 1500 Illinois St. Golden, CO 80401 Phone: 303-273-3000 or 800-446-9488 www.mines.edu Additional copies of this publication are available from: Curran Associates, Inc. 57 Morehouse Lane Red Hook, NY 12571 USA Phone: 845-758-0400 Fax: 845-758-2634 Email: [email protected] Web: www.proceedings.com TABLE OF CONTENTS SESSION 1: WELCOMING PLENARY (METALS HALL, GREEN CENTER) Welcome to the 28th Oil Shale Symposium .........................................................................................................................1 J. Boak Oil Shale Symposium Welcoming Remarks ........................................................................................................................2 M. Scoggins Utah’s Strategy for Development of Oil Shale.....................................................................................................................5 J. Huntsman Colorado’s Strategy for Development of Oil Shale.............................................................................................................6 H. Sherman Colorado School of Mines Oil Shale Symposium October 13, 2008...................................................................................7 F. Wade SESSION 2: PROGRAM OVERVIEW PLENARY (METALS HALL, GREEN CENTER) Oil Shale and Global Energy Needs ................................................................................................................................... 22 R. Charles Shell Exploration & Production: Unconventional Oil ...................................................................................................... 28 T. O'Connor What is Total Doing in Oil Shale?...................................................................................................................................... 33 P. Allix Western Energy Basin Initiative......................................................................................................................................... 44 M. Hagood, T. Wood, A. Wolfsberg, T. Dammer Status: Utah Oil Shale Development .................................................................................................................................. 53 L. Nelson SESSION 3: IN SITU PROCESSING (METALS HALL, GREEN CENTER) Parameteric Controls on the Composition of Oil Generated by In Situ Pyrolysis of Oil Shale .................................... 59 W. Meurer, W. Symington, A. Braun, R. Kaminsky, D. Olgaard, G. Otten, T. Phillips, M. Thomas, L. Wenger, J. Yeakel Shell’s In situ Conversion Process – Factors Affecting the Properties of Produced Shale Oil...................................... 68 G. Beer, E. Zhang, S. Wellington, R. Ryan, H. Vinegar Shell ICP – Shale Oil Refining............................................................................................................................................ 78 V. Nair, R. Ryan, G. Roes Influence of Water Vapor Pressure on Oil Shale Product Recovery............................................................................... 85 E. Mattson, C. Palmer SESSION 4: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES (PETROLEUM HALL, GREEN CENTER) Solid Wastes of Oil Shale Processing, Environmental Challenges of Disposal and Use................................................. 96 U. Kirso, N. Irha, J. Reinik, G. Urb, E. Steinnes Aspects of 3D and Groundwater Modeling in Oil Shale Basins..................................................................................... 110 P. Quinn Environmental Review of Selected Oil Shale Technologies............................................................................................ 126 J. Covell Successful Test of a Frozen Ground Barrier to Flow...................................................................................................... 135 B. McKinzie, H. Vinegar, M. Day SESSION 5: IN SITU PROCESS MODELING (METALS HALL, GREEN CENTER) Heat Conduction Modeling Tools for Screening In Situ Oil Shale Conversion Processes........................................... 145 W. Symington, P. Spiecker Transport Model of the AMSO (Formerly EGL) Oil Shale Process ............................................................................. 158 P. Wallman, A. Burnham Modeling Deformation & Fracturing of Oil Shale Rock Induced by In Situ Fluid Generation.................................. 169 H. Huang, P. Meakin, A. Malthe-Sorenssen, T. Wood, C. Palmer, E. Mattson Resource Characterization and Reservoir Modeling of Oil Shale Deposits in Uinta Basin, Utah .............................. 179 J. Bauman, C. Huang, M. Deo, W. Gallin, R. Gani SESSION 6: DATA REVIEW & ASSESSMENT (PETROLEUM HALL, GREEN CENTER) Aspects of Jordan Oil Shale as Investment Opportunity................................................................................................ 196 J. Alali Re-Evaluation of Utah’s Uinta Basin Oil Shale Resource .............................................................................................. 197 M. Berg Common Data Repository Development and Water Resource Assessment in the Piceance Basin ............................. 213 J. Thomas Risk Assessment in the Quality Control of Oil Shale in Estonian Deposit.................................................................... 222 S. Sabanov SESSION 7: OIL SHALE PROPERTIES (METALS HALL, GREEN CENTER) Log Interpretation Parameters Determined by Analysis of Green River Oil Shale Samples: Initial Steps.................................................................................................................................................................................... 241 M. Herron, M. Machlus, S. Herron New & Old Oil Shale Reserves in Jordan: Comparative Study..................................................................................... 249 M. Nawasreh, M. Reshaydat Estimation of Flow Geometry, Swept Volume, and Surface Area from Tracer Tests ................................................. 263 P. Reimus, G. Shook Dielectric Properties of Jordanian Oil Shales.................................................................................................................. 271 M. Al-Harahsheh, S. Kingman, A. Saied, J. Robinson, G. Dimitrakis, H. Al-Nawaflah SESSION 8: EVALUATION OF OIL SHALE OPTIONS (PETROLEUM HALL, GREEN CENTER) Rational Technology for Processing Oil Shale from Different Deposits in the World................................................. 284 E. Volkov Evaluation Model for Choice of Oil Shale Mining and Processing Technologies......................................................... 296 A. Blokhin, R. Salikhov, E. Golmshtok, M. Petrov Modeling Analysis and Process Optimization for Different Oil Shale Deposits ........................................................... 309 J. Jia, R. Sherritt, J. Schmidt, S. Li, F. Han General Perspectives on Methods of Oil Shale Extraction and R&R Needs................................................................. 319 G. Miller SESSION 9: GEOLOGY & STRATIGRAPHY I Sequence Stratigraphic and Stable Isotopic Expressions of Over-Filled and Balanced-Filled Transitions within the Tipton Member of the Green River Formation, WY................................................................ 345 J. Walker, A. Carroll A Study of the Axial Arch in Northwest Colorado - A Barrier Between Eocene Lake Uinta and Eocene Lake Gosiute ......................................................................................................................................................... 355 R. Johnson, M. Brownfield, J. Self Unified Stratigraphy and Depositional Systems - Green River Oil Shale in the Piceance & Greater Green River Basins, Colorado & Wyoming .................................................................................................................... 381 J. Sarg, Y. Bartov, A. Carroll, T. Lowenstein Geology and Oil Shale Resource Characterization of the Green River Formation in the Northern Piceance Creek Basin, Colorado – A Shell ICP Perspective .......................................................................................... 392 M. Picha, S. Cameron, G. Daub SESSION 10: SURFACE PROCESS MODELING (PETROLEUM HALL, GREEN CENTER) Mathematical Modeling of Oil Shale Pyrolysis ............................................................................................................... 393 K. Ghesmat, S. Save Process Modeling for the Development of Oil Shale Retorting Processes..................................................................... 404 R. Sherritt, J. Jia, J. Schmidt, M. Purnomo Oil Shale Pyrolysis Modeling............................................................................................................................................ 416 R. Sarathi SESSION 11: GEOLOGY & STRATIGRAPHY (METALS HALL, GREEN CENTER) Oil Shale Geology Assessments in Jordan ....................................................................................................................... 428 K. Shawabkeh Thickness, Compositional and Textural Variability, and Genesis of El-Lajjun Oil Shale, Central Jordan................................................................................................................................................................................