...Figure 3 Comparison of expelled-oil yields from Kreyenhagen Shale (K-7 in Figure  2 ), Woodford Shale (WD-4 chert and WD-5 shale; Lewan, 1985 ), and Retort Shale Member (P-64; Lewan, 1985 ) with increasing hydrous-pyrolysis temperatures for 72-hr durations. Expelled-oil yields from hydrous...

... characterizing the rate constants for these reactions have been expressed in a form amenable for use in mathematical models of the retorting process. X-ray data on the final-product mineral phases in fully burned oil shale indicate them to be mainly members of the akermanite-gehlenite series, merwinite...

... of Chattanooga Shale in the restricted study area contains 14.4 × 10 6 bbl of oil—11.5 × 10 6 bbl from the Gassaway member and 2.9 × 10 6 bbl from the Dowelltown member using normal retorting methods. Topography, nature and depth of overburden, other geologic conditions, and environmental considerations almost...

...FIG. 2. —Solid-state 13 C NMR spectra of Phosphoria Formation oil shales. Spectra a, b, c are for Retort Member shales; d, e are for Meade Peak Member shales. ...

...Edwin K. Maughan ABSTRACT The Permian Phosphoria Formation in the northwestern interior United States contains two phosphatic and organic-carbon-rich shale members—the Meade Peak Phosphatic Shale Member and the Retort Phosphatic Shale Member. These rocks were formed at the periphery of a foreland...

...Lawrence Frederick Rooney Abstract Samples of phosphatic mudstone collected from several measured sections in the Retort Phosphatic Shale Member of the Phosphoria Formation near Divide, Montana, contain an abundance of montmorillonite, locally associated with kaolinite and talc. Of several possible...

... of depositional environments and thickness patterns of the Permian deposits. The Phosphoria Formation and the equivalent beds of the Park City Formation are divisible into two main depositional cycles—the Meade Peak-Franson Members and the Retort-Ervay Members—based on the regional correlation network generated...

... more than 300-ft thick averaging more than 20 gal/ton are reported for the Frederick Brook Member of the Albert Formation, and retorted shale oil exhibited a relatively high gravity (28° API). These New Brunswick occurrences will probably be the principal object of Canadian research and development...

...Fig. 8 —Effect of proximity to Boulder and Idaho batholiths on stable carbon isotope ratio ( δ   C 13 PDB ) and color alteration of kerogen in Retort Phosphatic Shale Member of Phosphoria Formation. Stable carbon isotope interpretation based on Rooney (1956 ). ...

... States. From Smith (1980) . Introduction. —The principal oil shale deposits occur in the Green River Formation in the Piceance basin of western Colorado. Shale oil resources in the Parachute Creek Member alone are conservatively estimated at over 1 trillion bbl (159 million m 3...

... Chert, Meade Peak Phosphatic Shale Member, Rex Chert Member, Retort Phosphatic Shale Member, Cherty Shale, and Tosi Chert Member (McKelvey et al. 1959 ; Sheldon 1963 ; Cressman and Swanson 1964 ; Yochelson and Van Sickle 1968 ). These units represent a lowstand to transgressive systems tract...

... (contains tongues of the Meade Peak phosphatic shale, Retort phosphatic shale, and Tosi chert members of the Phosphoria formation, undifferentiated). The Gerster formation in western Utah and eastern Nevada contains carbonate rock, chert, and phosphorite beds that are likely extensions of the Park City...

...) . Introduction .—The principal oil shale deposits occur in the Green River Formation in the Piceance Creek basin of western Colorado. Shale oil resources in the Parachute Creek Member alone are conservatively estimated at over 1 trillion bbl (159 billion m 3 ). The locations of several Colorado projects...

... on proprietary retorting technologies geared to eastern oil shale, and retorting research using fluidized-bed technology was maintained at the Kentucky Center for Energy Research Laboratory (KCERL). Characterization of the oil shale resource continued as well at KCERL. KCERL completed the first year of a joint...

... was resumed in the Unocal Parachute Creek Mine, exploiting some of the leaner oil shale intervals (down to about 22 gal/ton or 91 L/MT Fischer assay). Tennessee .—The Western Research Institute, Laramie, Wyoming, collected 500 lb (227 kg) of oil shale from the Gassaway Member of the Chattanooga Shale...