shale oil Articles
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Utilisation of shale oil by the extraction and retorting of oil shale
Extraction of the bitumen fraction of oil shale was carried out using two different solvents, chloroform and toluene. Oil shale of 4.0 mm particle size from the El-Lajjun area in Jordan was used in this study. The solvents were recovered by distillation. The spent shale was retorted using a special retort and shale oil (Kerogen) was recovered. The quantity of the hydrocarbon was compared with ...
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Ecological efficiency of the oil shale electricity sector of Estonia
Estonia is a typical postsocialist country with an inefficient energy sector, albeit uniquely based on oil shale mining and burning. This article comprehensively analyses the efficiency of the oil shale energy industry from mining to end use. The overall efficiency of oil shale energetics was estimated to be less than 20% (17% in 2002), with the losses attributed to wasting of co-produced thermal ...
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New technologies for processing high sulphur oil shales and producing highly priced thiophenes
A technology for processing the light fraction of high sulphur oil shale pyrolysis tar is suggested. The technology allows some industrial hydrocarbon solvents, chemical reagents and sulphur-organic products (for example, thiophene, methyl- and dimethilthiophenes), which are used in organic synthesis, to be obtained and the production of different medical preparations etc.Keywords: Oil shale, ...
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Enhancing Your Shale Oil & Gas Strategies
Five Minutes With Tisha Conoly Schuller, President & Chief Executive Officer of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association Name: Tisha Conoly Schuller Job Title: President & Chief Executive Officer Company: Colorado Oil & Gas Association Background: As President, Ms. Schuller is responsible for leading the industry in Colorado legislative, regulatory, and public relations matters. ...
By Marcus Evans
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Estonia eager to teach world about oil shale
AUVERE, Estonia (AP) — Home to the creators of Skype and the first country to use online voting, Estonia relishes its image as a technological pioneer. But the tiny East European country's most far-reaching economic achievement could come from how it has learned to squeeze oil from a rock. About 200 feet (60 meters) below ground in northeastern Estonia, very close to the Russian border, ...
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Energotechnological oil shale utilisation by means of an SHCU - a low waste and environmentally sound technological process
This paper presents the calculated data on the emissions into the environment from the low-waste energotechnological solid heat carrier units (SHCUs) working with oil shales. A comparison of this technology with direct oil shale combustion at a power plant was carried out using the example of an Estonian power plant. The energotechnological plant (ETP) including two units SHCU-3000 with an oil ...
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Mineral Rich Australia May Contain World`s Next Major Oil Find
Australia's massive mineral exports allowed it to weather the global recession, which began in 2008, quite nicely. The U.S. government's Energy Information Administration noted in its country's analysis for Australia, "Australia, rich in hydrocarbons and uranium, was the world's second largest coal exporter in 2011 and the third largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter in 2012. Australia is ...
By IndiaCore
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A unified perspective on the phase behaviour of petroleum fluids
We present a coherent and unified group of general explanations for the various phase transitions, which may occur in the seven naturally occurring petroleum fluids with emphasis on their heavy organics. The seven petroleum fluids include, in the order of their fluidity, natural gas, near-critical gas-condensate, light crude, intermediate crude, heavy oil, tar sand and oil shale. At first the ...
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Optimizing Water Management in Hydraulic Fracturing for Shale Oil and Gas Production
Centralized treatment of wastewater is emerging as a viable solution for long-term efficiency in managing water sourcing and wastewater treatment in hydraulic fracturing. The number of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) shale oil and gas wells in the United States continues to increase. Within the Bakken Shale formation alone, in North Dakota and Montana, upwards of 15,000 hydraulic fracturing ...
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The future of power generation in Estonia
Since 2004, Estonia has been a member of the European Union. With the Treaty of Accession the terms and conditions were set for the Estonian energy sector for compliance with the EU legal acts and the objectives of energy and environmental policies: 1) increase of the share of electricity produced from renewables; 2) opening of the electricity market; 3) bringing the oil shale based power ...
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Oil shales - a competitive fuel of thermal power generation with new technologies
We show that, in spite of the low heat of combustion of oil shales, use of them on the basis of a new thermal-processing technology that produces high-calorie products (shale tar and fuel gas) makes this type of fuel competitive for thermal power plants (TPPs) in comparison with high-calorie coals. When a certain amount of shale tar and all of the fuel gas are used in a combined cycle of a TPP, ...
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Dilemmas and solutions for a sustainable green transition
Mitigation of global warming and transitioning to a green and sustainable world are counteracted by a number of barriers and dilemmas. The paper analyses a number of these barriers and dilemmas in order to highlight efficient strategies and solutions for a sustainable development. Most governments in industrial countries do not pay enough attention to concepts as limits to growth in a finite ...
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The Future For Fracking
Summary -Fracking is an essential technology to meet growing global demand for oil and gas. -Fracking has become the "F" word, because it is very water-intensive, and has potential negative impacts on the environment. -The future of fracking will be constrained if adequate water is not available and if solutions for decontaminating wastewaters are not found. -Oil sands production faces the same ...
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A new species of global corporate risk: social issues, international firm expansion theory and crisis avoidance in the energy industry
International joint venture (IJV) agreements have long been regarded as the preferred method for risk mitigation for firms seeking to expand internationally. However, these agreements often fail to deliver on their promise of risk reduction, resulting in those firms managing conflicts and drawing the firm into a resource threatening crisis. The premise of this paper is that crisis management ...
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Inferno Series TGA-662 X 30’ Gas Assisted Flare - Case Study #170305
PROJECT DETAILS Location: Bakken Flow Rate: 6.18 MSCFD Inlet Pressure (ΔP): 1.52 psig Heating Value: 1000 BTU/SCF Flare type: Gas Assist Source: Tank Vapors Installed Year: 2010-2017 Aereon’s Inferno series Gas Assisted flare has been in use for over 7 years in the Bakken Shale play. Located in the heart of oil country and able to handle the extreme low temperatures of North Dakota, ...
By AEREON
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Cement - The one and only in Estonia
Estonia is quite a small country and it also lacks good quality rock. However, in the northeast there are quality limestone deposits and also the only cement factory in the country. Today, Kunda Nordic Cement (KNC) follows proudly the tradition of cement production that started there in 1870. Now KNC belongs to the HeidelbergCement Group. Site, acquired recently by Kopar, has been a vital element ...
By Kopar Oy
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Shale Gas spawns investment in related sectors
In a book recently released by the RTI Press, Shale Gas: the Promise and the Peril (www.rti.org/shalegasbook), author Vikram Rao details the economic rewards from shale gas development. He also underlines the environmental risks and offers suggestions for policy and technology measures to ameliorate them. While the book is clearly intended to inform on the fierce shale gas debate, investors can ...
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Microbiotests for the Evaluation of the Pollution from the Oil Shale Industry
Abstract : In this study a comparative chemical and toxicological analysis of 8 phenolic river water and wastewater samples originating from the Kohtla-Järve oil shale industry region (north-western part of Estonia) was made. The total phenolic content of the samples ranged from 0.01 to 195 mg/l. For 5 wastewaters the corresponding synthetic phenolic analogues were prepared. A battery of ...
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Method of producing power-generation and engine fuels from oil shale fines with solid heat carrier units (SHCU)
The technical feasibility and economic expediency of the shale-converting power technology complex at the Leningradskoye deposit in northwest Russia is substantiated herein. Two basic options of production utilisation are considered: manufacture of power fluid fuels, mainly for gas turbines and combined-cycle units; and production of boiler and ship fuel oils and domestic gas fuels.Keywords: ...
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Pumps that thrive under pressure
The Evolution of Hydraulic Transmission Technology in the Pressure Pumping Market. Fracking technology is driving transformation of North American energy production capabilities. Since 2005, most of the increase in domestic natural gas production resulted from ongoing development of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing technology. Producers developed more efficient ways to extract gas ...
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