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Water Rights Related to Oil Shale Development in the Upper Colorado River Basin

Description: Concerns over fluctuating oil prices and declining petroleum production worldwide have revived interest in oil shale as a potential resource. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-58) identified oil shale as a strategically important domestic resource and directed the Department of the Interior to promote commercial development. Oil shale development would require significant amounts of water, however, and water supply in the Colorado River Basin, where several oil shale reserves are located,… more
Date: November 18, 2008
Creator: Brougher, Cynthia
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Manual of Testing Methods for Oil Shale and Shale Oil

Description: From Introduction: "This paper is presented, therefore, as a manual of apparatus and methods that the bureau has developed for work on oil shale and found satisfactory for routine tests and for research. Explanation and discussion of the principles underlying the methods of testing are included wherever necessary for a clearer understanding."
Date: 1926
Creator: Karrick, Lewis C.
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Studies of Certain Properties of Oil Shale and Shale Oil

Description: From Scope of Report: "In connection with the study of the oil-shale resources of the United States, the Bureau of Mines has carried on not only extensive laboratory and field investigations but has constructed and operated an experimental shale-oil plant in Colorado. This report is based entirely upon subject matter that appeared in published and unpublished manuscripts of the Bureau of Mines."
Date: 1938
Creator: Guthrie, Boyd
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Thermal Solution and Hydrogenation of Green River Oil Shale: Experimental Investigations and Bibliography

Description: From Introduction: "This so-called thermal-solution process and a modification of it, wherein the conversion is carried out under a high partial pressure of hydrogen, have been studied at the Petroleum and Oil-Shale Experiment Station, Laramie, Wyo., to determine their applicability to Green River oil shale. The results of this work are presented in this report."
Date: 1953
Creator: Jensen, H. B.; Barnet, W. I. & Murphy, W. I. R.
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Composition of Shale-Oil Naphtha

Description: From Summary: "This report describes the analysis if shale-oil naphthas and discusses their composition, based on investigation by the Federal Bureau of Mines. Individual compounds identified in this investigation. are listed, together with those reported previously in the literature. Also, quantitative data are given on the occurrence of individual compounds and groups of related compounds."
Date: 1961
Creator: Dinneen, G. U.; Van Meter, R. A.; Smith, J. R.; Bailey, C. W.; Cook, G. L.; Allbright, C. S. et al.
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Oil-Shale Mining, Rifle, Colorado, 1944-56

Description: From Introduction: "Detailed reports on various phases of the oil-shale mining research program have been published by the Bureau of Mines as Reports of Investigations, and numerous articles prepared by the mine staff have been published in the technical press. Summarizes of some of these publications are included in this report with other information not previously published."
Date: 1964
Creator: East, J. H., Jr. & Gardner, E. D.
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Index of Oil-Shale and Shale-Oil Patents, 1946-56: A Supplement to Bulletins 467 and 468: (In Three Parts) [Part 2]. United Kingdom Patents

Description: From Introduction: "This part of Bulletin 574 contains 180 United Kingdom patents that relate to retorting (and distilling underground), refining, and utilization of oil shale and its products. The largest single group, of which the majority was assigned to a single company, relates to fluidized handling of shale."
Date: 1958
Creator: United States. Bureau of Mines.
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An Index of Shale-Oil Patents

Description: From Introduction: "Work on this project was begun early in 1944; and the results with respect to shale oil are reported in this Bulletin. Since this bulletin is only an index to this large repository of ideas relating to the the treatment of shale oil, the material is presented in the form of short notices describing the subject material of each patent, which consist of an abridgment of the patent (if British or Australian) or a typical claim in the case of the United States or foreign patents… more
Date: 1948
Creator: Klosky, Simon
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Development of the Bureau of Mines Gas-Combustion Oil-Shale Retorting Process

Description: From Abstract: "This bulletin presents results from research and development carried out by the Bureau of Mines on the gas-combustion oil-shale retorting process. Effects of the process variables, results of gas and shale distribution studies, tests on shale particle size, and other details of experimental programs are discussed. Various auxiliary information and problems associated with the retorting process also are included."
Date: 1966
Creator: Matzick, Arthur; Dannenberg, R. O.; Ruark, J. R.; Phillips, J. E.; Lankford, J. D. & Guthrie, Boyd
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Assessment of Oil Shale Technologies—Vol. II: A History and Analysis of the Federal Prototype Oil Shale Leasing Program

Description: The report includes discussions of political, economic, environmental, and energy-related factors that affected both the 1968 leasing attempt and its successor—the current Prototype Program. The Program’s goals are identified, and its progress and status are examined to determine if those goals have been met or are likely to be met in the foreseeable future.
Date: July 1980
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
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Development of a Mobile Compressor and Utility Station

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the development of a mobile compressor and utility station in the oil-shale mine near Rifle, Colorado during 1949. The report includes photographs and illustrations of the mobile station.
Date: July 1950
Creator: Wright, Fred D. & Ballinger, Homer J.
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Oil-Shale Operations in New South Wales, Australia

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the oil-shale operations at New South Wales, Australia in 1947. The methods, and types of equipment used are presented. The report includes maps, photographs, and illustrations of the oil-shale refinery.
Date: July 1951
Creator: Kraemer, A. J. & Thorne, H. M.
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Results of Assays of the New Albany Oil-Shale

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on a survey of the New Albany oil-shale deposits in Indiana. The experimental procedures for surveying and sampling these shale deposits are presented in detail. This report includes tables, and graphs.
Date: June 1923
Creator: Reeves, John R.
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Mining Program: Bureau of Mines Oil-Shale Project, Rifle, Colorado

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines on the development of efficient mining methods for producing oil shale. Characteristics of the oil shale deposits of the Green River are presented. The results of core drilling and sampling in this area are also listed. This report includes tables, illustrations, maps, and photographs.
Date: April 1948
Creator: Gardner, E. D.
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Development and Preliminary Operation of the Gas-Combustion Oil-Shale Pilot Retort

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over operations of an oil-shale pilot plant. As stated in the summary, "this report describes the step-by-step development of the Gas-Combustion retort and the various modifications and means of air admission used to obtain a workable unit" (p. 2). This report includes tables, graphs, and illustrations.
Date: November 1955
Creator: Matzick, Arthur; Ruark, J. R. & Putman, M. W.
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Oil-Shale Operations in the Union of South Africa: October 1947

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over production of oil-shale facilities in South Africa. The deposits of oil-shales, and torbanites are described. The operations at the production facilities are also presented. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: January 1954
Creator: Thorne, H. M. & Kraemer, A. J.
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