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Annotated Bibliography of Utah Tar Sand Deposits ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF UTAH TAR SAND DEPOSITS By J. Wallace Gwynn and Francis V. Hanson OPEN-FILE REPORT 503 Utah Geological Survey UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY a division of Utah Department of Natural Resources 2007 updated in 2009 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF UTAH TAR SAND DEPOSITS By J. Wallace Gwynn1 and Francis V. Hanson2 OPEN-FILE REPORT 503 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Utah Geological Survey a division of Utah Department of Natural Resources 2007 updated in 2009 1 Utah Geological Survey 2 University of Utah, Department of Chemical and Fuels Engineering STATE OF UTAH Gary R. Herbert, Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Michael Styler, Executive Director UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Richard G. Allis, Director PUBLICATIONS contact Natural Resources Map/Bookstore 1594 W. North Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84116 telephone: 801-537-3320 toll-free: 1-888-UTAH MAP Web site: http://mapstore.utah.gov email: [email protected] THE UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY contact 1594 W. North Temple, Suite 3110 Salt Lake City, UT 84116 telephone: 801-537-3300 fax: 801-537-3400 Web site: http://geology.utah.gov This publication was originally released in 2007. Additional references were added, and the publication was updated in 2009. This open-file report makes information available to the public that may not conform to UGS technical, editorial, or policy standards. Therefore it may be premature for an individual or group to take actions based on its contents. Although this product represents the work of professional scientists, the Utah Department of Natural Resources, Utah Geological Survey, makes no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding its suitability for a particular use. The Utah Department of Natural Resources, Utah Geo- logical Survey, shall not be liable under any circumstances for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages with respect to claims by users of this product. The Utah Department of Natural Resources receives federal aid and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability. For information or complaints regarding discrimination, contact Executive Director, Utah Department of Natural Resources, 1594 West North Temple #3710, Box 145610, Salt Lake City, UT 84116- 5610, Salt Lake City, UT 84116-5610 or Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1801 L. Street, NW, Washington DC 20507. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................................... 1 Definition of Tar Sands .......................................................................................................................................... 1 Background ........................................................................................................................................................... 1 Purpose of the Project ............................................................................................................................................ 1 Previous Work ....................................................................................................................................................... 2 Engineering Studies and pilot tests .................................................................................................................... 2 UTAH TAR SAND DEPOSITS .................................................................................................................................. 2 Tar Sand Resources ................................................................................................................................................ 2 General Characteristics of Utah Tar Sands .............................................................................................................. 3 Comparison of Utah and Canadian Tar Sands ........................................................................................................ 3 FUTURE TAR SAND DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................................................... 3 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DATA ...................................................................................................................................... 3 Sources of Data ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 Organization of Data ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Search procedure .................................................................................................................................................... 4 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF UTAH TAR SANDS ........................................................................................7 FIGURE Figure 1. Annotated Bibliography of Utah Tar Sands .....................................................................................................5 TABLE Table 1. Names of Searchable Utah Tar Sand deposits ...................................................................................................6 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF UTAH TAR SAND DEPOSITS by J. Wallace Gwynn and Francis V. Hanson INTRODUCTION Purpose of the Project The purpose of this publication is to provide the reader with annotations of Utah’s tar sand literature and technical information related to individual deposits as well as extraction and upgrading processes. Some other references related to patents, oil shale, and other hydrocarbon resources are also included. We intend that this compilation will be valuable to those interested in the exploration for, and development of, Utah’s tar sand resources. A brief introductory section describes the past, present, and future of Utah’s tar sand industry. An earlier version of this report was published in 2007 with the same title and report number. Definition of Tar Sands Tar sand deposits are defined as consolidated or unconsolidated sedimentary deposits containing in-situ hydrocarbon with a viscosity greater than 10,000 centipoises or an API gravity less than 10° at reservoir conditions. The hydrocarbon has little mobility at reservoir conditions and cannot be produced by conventional techniques. Tar sand is a catch-all term; this material has also been called asphaltic sandstone, bituminous sandstone, pitch rock, tar-impregnated sandstone, tar sandstone, and tar sands. Background The exploitation of Utah’s tar sand deposits has been the subject of intense interest whenever crude oil prices rise in response to economic pressures and/or geopolitical events. There is a special concern now because of the high price of crude oil, and because a significant fraction of the petroleum processed in domestic U.S. refineries is imported from na- tions that belong to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The dependence of the U.S. economy on liquid fuels (imported crude oil and refined products) is likely to expand in the near future. Furthermore, it is unlikely that high benchmark crude oil prices will decline substantially in the future as the emerging, energy-consuming economies of China and India continue to expand. Therefore, it is essential that the potential of Utah’s tar sands for the economic recovery of hydrocarbons be carefully evaluated, including technical, commercial, and environmental considerations. The tar sands, oil shale, and heavy oils of the Uinta Basin have taken on greater significance with the increase in the price of crude oil to a range above $60 per barrel. This increase has had a significant impact on the United States’ balance of payments (the payments that flow between any individual country and all other countries) due to the ever-increasing role that imported oil has in filling domestic refinery runs, currently 54 percent. The increased price of foreign oil is important to Utah because Canadian tar-sand-derived syncrudes now make up approximately 20–25 percent, or about 30,000 barrels per day, of the refinery crude runs in the Salt Lake City area. The production of syncrudes from Uinta Basin tar sands, oil shale, and heavy oil resources may help to alleviate U.S. dependence on foreign sources. To ensure that sufficient and sustainable production levels of syncrude can be maintained, the co-development of tar sand, oil shale, and heavy oil 2 Utah Geological Survey resources may be necessary. Previous Work The technical, commercial, economic, and environmental aspects of the development of Utah’s tar sands depend upon an accurate geological description of the individual deposits, reasonable resource and reserve estimates, and reliable charac- terization of the deposits and the native bitumens contained in Utah’s tar-impregnated sands. It is interesting to note that during the late 1970s and early 1980s, when interest in developing Utah’s tar sands initially spiked, the resource estimates found in many publications resembled an inverted pyramid, such that one could trace these resource estimates back to one original source, which was the Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey’s Map 47 (Ritzma, 1979). The data base for Utah’s tar sand deposits at that time was assembled by the Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey through the field and laboratory efforts of geologists such as Ritzma, Campbell, Byrd, Kayser, Gwynn, and others, and by the Lara- mie Energy Technology Center geologists and engineers, such as Peterson
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