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The concept of injecting heated gas into the oil shale reservoir for pyrolysis was the CRUSH (Chevron's technology for the Recovery and Upgrading of oil from Shale) process proposed by the Chevron Corporation, California [27], [28]. It utilizes natural or artificially induced fractures in the oil shale to inject heated gas into the oil shale ...

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Ammonium sulfate, a by-product of oil shale processing, can also be used to produce fertilizer [7]. The Oil shale mining technology can be divided into traditional surface distillation technology and underground in-situ mining technology [8]. The primary way to develop oil shale is surface distillation.

This project aims to systematically investigate the entire process of in-situ conversion for low-to-medium maturity shale oil resources and lay a solid scientific and …

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Oil shale is an unconventional energy source with abundant reserves. However, the global oil shale resources have not been fully exploited. In-situ oil shale extraction technology based on electric heating has gradually become a research focus in this field. In this study, the construction of a numerical simulation model for the in-situ …

Abstract. Oil shale development, a significant global energy concern, involves the pyrolysis of kerogen, a process that can heat and contaminate groundwater with pyrolysis …

Integrated Oil Shale Processing into Energy and Chemicals Using Combined-Cycle Technology. V. Fainberg A. Garbar G. Hetsroni. Engineering, Environmental Science. 1998. Abstract Oil shale integrated processing and an exhaustive utilization of its energy and chemical potential are described herein. The principal features of this method are …

Deep shale gas is significantly different from mid-deep shale gas in geological setting and engineering parameters, and it has more complex natural fractures and in-situ stress, making it more difficult to explore and develop (Table 1).After a systematic summary of the experiences gained in the Sichuan Changning–Weiyuan …

Oil shale in-situ catalysis is essentially a thermal catalysis process, and efficient heating technology is a crucial aspect of shale oil extraction. Currently, the primary heating methods employed in situ mining technology include reaction heating, …

Producible portions of shale gas formations are located many thousands of feet below the surface, well below groundwater aquifers. Modern hydraulic fracturing technology …

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The oil shale retorting process with gas heat carrier (OSR-GHC), for example, Fushun-type retorting technology, has many shortcomings, such as [5], [6]: (1) it can only utilize the coarse oil shale particles bigger than 10 mm in diameter. However, the fine oil shale particles produced from the grinding process are 20–40% of the total oil …

The shale oil is then refined of impurities, such as sulfur. In Situ . In situ is a new, experimental method of extracting shale oil. During the in situ process, oil shale is not mined or crushed. Instead, the rock is heated to its oil window while it is still underground. One technology used for in situ oil extraction is known as volumetric ...

The technology for in-situ conversion of oil shale is based on hydraulic fracturing, whereby the fractured oil shale is subjected to heating through methods such as hot steam injection, electricity, combustion, and radiation (Liu, 2019).At elevated temperatures, the kerogen within the oil shale undergoes pyrolysis, resulting in the …

Nowadays, foreign developers of shale gas, specially the United States, have the most sophisticated and mature development technology in the world, In the analysis of the development process, horizontal well and large-scale reservoir reconstruction is the golden key to develop unconventional oil and gas. This paper summarized on typical and ...

Low-to-medium maturity lacustrine shale oil resource and in-situ conversion process technology: Recent advances and challenges ... Li, Q., et al. Current status and prospects of oil shale in-situ conversion technology in China. Petroleum Science Bulletin, 2023, 8(4): 475-490. (in Chinese) Vandenbroucke, M., Largeau, C. Kerogen origin, evolution ...

The world's oil shale resources are estimated to be equivalent to more than 2.9 trillion barrels of oil (one barrel = 0.159 m 3 ), and these resources are distributed widely across the world [1 ...

The process of oil shale exploration and development projects could usually last for a long period, during which the relevant technologies would improve constantly. This could decrease the input or increase the output of oil shale projects, which would affect the economy of oil shale mining.

The shale ranges in thickness from 50-550 ft at a depth of 1,500-6,500 ft and is estimated to hold between 58-65 bcf/sq mile. 2. Click here to enlarge image. Reported initial production rates are ...

The combination of subcritical water and catalyst was proposed for oil shale extraction. The extraction of Huadian oil shale in FeCl 2 solution was performed at 350 °C to evaluate the combined method. At 20 h, a high yield of bitumen 1 (the bitumen discharged from shale matrix) was obtained in FeCl 2 solution with an optimal …

Oil Shale Processing, Chemistry and Technology Vahur Oja1 and Eric M. Suuberg2 1Department of Chemical Engineering, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia 2Division of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA Glossary Bitumen Organic solvent-soluble portion of oil shale organic matter Direct retorting Retorting in whichthe ...

Development of advanced oil shale processing technologies for production of liquid and gaseous fuels, as well as chemical raw materials, is a very topical problem. The article provides information ...

Shale Oil Processing and Extraction Technologies. Sohrab Zendehboudi PhD, Alireza Bahadori PhD, CEng, in Shale Oil and Gas Handbook, 2017. 2 Description of Oil Shale Processing. Shale oil processing is defined as an industrial process to which raw shale oil is subjected to extract oil from it—basically a process to produce …

The hydraulic fracturing process was used in conventional limestone and sandstone reservoirs for decades before the onset of the shale revolution. But it was not until the 1970s that significant attempts to apply the technology to gas shale were made, pioneered by DOE research and demonstration project cost-sharing

Oil shale is a kind of unconventional strategic oil and gas resource with abundant reserves. According to incomplete statistics, shale oil exists in more than 30 countries worldwide, and China's oil shale reserves are the third largest in the world, about three times that of natural crude oil [1,2,3,4,5].If China can effectively develop oil shale …

Shale oil and gas. Shale oil and gas play an important role in the energy transition meeting global energy demand. Shell's Shales business is focused on high-margin tight oil positions and low-cost gas assets in the Americas. We hold some of the best core-acreage positions in Argentina and Canada.

Through the long history of oil shale utilization, ex situ (above the ground or surface) retorting technologies have been practically the only commercial technology …

Shell first proposed an in-situ conversion process (Shell ICP), which is an in-situ electrical heating method for oil shale conversion in the 1970s, and applied for invention patents in many countries [112], [113]. The technology involves drilling into the deposit, then placing an electrical heater in the borehole to heat the oil shale.

The treatment process of complex problems such as long-section gravel layer drilling and leakage co-existence encountered in this well is analyzed and discussed, and the drilling hole-forming technology for long-section gravel layer, the treatment technology for complex situations of leakage co-existence and wellbore collision prevention ...

1. Introduction. Shale gas is widely distributed and abundant in reserves with huge exploitation potential, which has great social and economic value [1], [2].Due to the complex physicochemical properties of shale reservoirs [3], almost all shale gas wells need to undergo reservoir fracturing to achieve commercial production, so fracturing technology …

However, this retorting technology is only applicable of coarse oil shale particles bigger than 10 mm in diameter. A lot of fine oil shale particles are discarded, resulting in waste of resources. Besides, this technology is criticized by low economic benefit. The main objective of this paper is to develop a coupling oil shale retorting …

Oil Shale Processing, Chemistry, and Technology. January 2020. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9763-3_102. In book: Fossil Energy (pp.47-83) Authors: Vahur Oja. Eric M. Suuberg. Brown University. To read ...

Oil shale processing technology. V. D. Allred. Published 1982. Engineering, Environmental Science, Materials Science. No Paper Link Available. Save to Library. …

Oil Shale Processing, Chemistry and Technology. V. Oja, E. Suuberg. Published 2013. Chemistry, Environmental Science, Engineering. The work summarizes the various …

The in-situ mining technology of oil shale based on electric heating is gradually becoming the research focus in this field. In this paper, the electric heating mechanism, pyrolysis mechanism, and entropy production theory of oil shale are introduced. The traditional electric heating technology ( Shell in-situ conversion …

original shale (possibly partially decomposed) and a carbon-rich (char) residue from the organic fraction (which may sometimes be referred to as a semicoke) Retorting In shale oil recovery technologies, retorting is a pyrolytic process designed to produce oil. Generally, this process is performed by placing oil shale in a sealed

Oil Shale Processing, Chemistry and Technology. November 2013. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5722-0_5. Authors: Vahur Oja. Eric M. Suuberg. Brown University. To read the full-text of this research, you ...

Keywords Shale · CT scanning technology · Digital image processing · Numerical simulation · Fracture processes Introduction Shale gas is an unconventional clean energy source. In recent years, it has become a new research hotspot in the energy industry (Lei et al. 2021; Bilgen and Sarıkaya 2016; Meakin et al. 2013; Wang and Li 2017).

Abstract. While fracking is the most developed technology for extracting gas from shale formations, increasing social and environmental pressures have led to the development of other alternatives. Several advancements include the utilization of pulsed arc electrohydraulic discharges, plasma stimulation and fracturing technology, …