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T2004 Oil Shale and Oil Sands
OverviewWith declining conventional oil resources of the world and a rise in the crude-oil prices, our attention is on the economical use of the vast resource of unconventional fossil-fuels, including oil shale and oil sands. Oil shale is commonly defined as a fine-grained sedimentary rock bound with organic matter that is mostly insoluble in organic solvents and will yield substantial amounts of oil by a thermal process. Oil sands are similar to conventional crude oil reservoirs except for the fact they contain extremely viscous crude oils. The objective of this session is to explore technical issues related to the production and processing of these unconventional oil resources.
Primary SponsorTopical 2: New Frontiers in Energy Research (T2)

Chair

Philip J. Smith
Professor
University of Utah
155 S. 1452 E. Rm 380
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Phone Number: 801-585-3129
Email: Philip.Smith@utah.edu
Evaluation of Bitumen Production during Electrical Resistive Heating Process
Jie Wang, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada and Apostolos Kantzas, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada
In Situ Production Of Utah Oil Sand Bitumen
Peter E. Rose1, Milind Deo2, Royhan Gani1 and Jack Hamilton3, (1)Civil and Environmental Engineering, Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah, 423 Wakara Way suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, (2)Chemical Engineering, University of Utah, 50 S. Central Campus Drive, Room 3290 MEB, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, (3)Utah Engineering Experiment Station, 1495 E 100 S Room 138, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Production of Oil Shale from the Green River Formation in Utah
Chung-Kan Huang, Chemical Engineering, University of Utah, 50 South Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84117, Milind Deo, University of Utah, 50 South Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84117 and M. Royhan Gani, Energy and Geosciences Institute, University of Utah, 423 Wakara Way - Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84108
New Approaches to Treat Produced Water and Perform Water Availability Impact Assessments for U.S. Oil Sands and Oil Shale Development
Ramesh K. Goel1, Steve Burian2, Andy Hong2, Greg Nash3 and Dudley Murphy3, (1)Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Utah, 122 South Central Campus Drive, 104 EMRO, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, (2)Civil & Environemntal Engineering, University of Utah, 122 South Central Campus Drive, 104 EMRO, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, (3)EGI, University of Utah, 122 South Central Campus Drive, 104 EMRO, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Overheated Water Separation (OHWS) of Bitumen from Utah Oil Sands
Zhixiong Cha, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Utah, 104 CME, 122 South Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 and P.K.Andrew Hong, University of Utah, 104 CME, 122 South Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84112

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