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Oil Shale Events

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AAPG Annual Meeting

April 20-23, 2008 in San Antonio, Texas
Recent Advances in Oil Shale Exploration and Technology (EMD), Monday morning, April 21

Co-Chairs R. C. Johnson and Y. Bartov

J. Boak, Y. Bartov, D. Nummedal: The Role of Oil Shale in the Future of Hydrocarbon Production
H. J. Vinegar: The Shell In-Situ Conversion Process

W. A. Symington, D. L. Olgaard, G. A. Otten, T. C. Phillips, M. M. Thomas, J. D. Yeakel: ExxonMobil’s Electrofrac Process for In-Situ Oil Shale Conversion
Y. Bartov, D. Nummedal, R. Sarg: The Depositional System of the Green River Oil Shale in Western
Colorado

J. C. Walker, A. R. Carroll: Lacustrine Sequence Stratigraphic and Stable Isotopic Expression of the
Overfilled to Balanced-Filled Transition of the Tipton Member of the Green River Formation, Wyoming

M. L. Batzle, J. Behura, R. Hofmann: Shear Properties of Oil Shales                               
M. D. Lewan, T. E. Ruble: Evaluating Products and Yields of Green River Oil Shale by Fisher Assay, Rock-Eval, Micro-Scale Sealed Vessel and Hydrous Pyrolysis
A. N. Olcott, C. P. Marshall, T. I. Eglinton: Chemotaxonomy of Oil Shales
C. P. Marshall, A. N. Olcott: Oil Generation Capacity of Oil Shales as a Function of Aliphatic
Structure

http://aapg.org/sanantonio/

 

 

 

spotlightOIL SHALE SPOTLIGHT


Just Released!
Data available for download for the updated Piceance Basin Fischer Assay ( OFR 98-483, Version 2)

Nahcolite Resources in the Green River Formation, Piceance Basin, Northwestern Colorado
USGS Factsheet 2009-3011

Assessment of In-Place Oil Shale Resources of the Green River Formation, Piceance Basin, Western Colorado
USGS Factsheet 2009-3012
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RELATED LINKS

U.S. Bureau of Land Management - Oil Shale Leasing This site provides Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for oil shale and tar sands on BLM leases in Co, Ut and Wy. (non-USGS site)

USGS Core Research Center Stores thousand of rock cores, cutting and analysis from 31 states.

AAPG EMD Oil Shale Committee (non-USGS site)

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