Oil Shale: A Solution to the Liquid Fuel Dilemma
Edited by Olayinka Ogunsola, Arthur Hartstein, and Olubunmi Ogunsola
American Chemical Society
Table of Contents
Contents
Preface
Overview
1. An Overview of Oil Shale Resources
Emily Knaus, James Killen, Khosrow Biglarbigi, and Peter Crawford
2. New Challenges and Directions in Oil Shale Development Technologies
Peter M. Crawford and James C. Killen
Resource Assessment and Geology
3. Lake Level Controlled Sedimentological Heterogenity of Oil Shale, Upper Green River Formation, Eastern Uinta Basin, Utah
William Gallin, M. Royhan Gani, Milind Deo, Nahid DS Gani, and Michael D. Vanden Berg
Chemistry and Process Modeling
4. Thermodynamics of Shale Oil Production
James W. Bunger and Christopher P. Russell
5. Molecular Composition of Shale Oil
James W. Bunger, Christopher P. Russell, and Donald E. Cogswell
6. Chemistry and Kinetics of Oil Shale Retorting
Alan K. Burnham
7. Modeling of the In-Situ Production of Oil from Oil Shale
Jacob H. Bauman, Chung Kan Huang, M. Royhan Gani, and Milind D. Deo
Industrial Oil Shale Processes
8. AMSO's Novel Approach to In-Situ Oil Shale Recovery
Alan K. Burnham, Roger L. Day, Michael P. Hardy, and P. Henrik Wallman
9. Shell's In Situ Conversion Process From Laboratory to Field Pilots
Robert C. Ryan, Thomas D. Fowler, Gary L. Beer, and Vijay Nair
10. ExxonMobil's ElectrofracTM Process for In Situ Oil Shale Conversion
W. A. Symington, R. D. Kaminsky, W. P. Meurer, G. A. Otten, M. M. Thomas, and J. D. Yeakel
Environmental Issues
11. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Oil Shale Derived Liquid Fuels
Adam R. Brandt, Jeremy Boak, and Alan K. Burnham
12. A Review of Activities To Address the Environmental Impacts of Oil Shale Development
David K. Olsen, Arthur Hartstein, and David R. Alleman
Economics, Legal, Policy and Social Issues
13. Economics of Oil Shale Development
Khosrow Biglarbigi, James Killen, Hitesh Mohan, Marshall Carolus, and Jeffrey Stone
14. Resource Management Challenges in the Context of Potential Oil Shale Development
Kirsten Uchitel, John Ruple, and Robert Keiter
Indexes
Author Index
Subject Index