--> Abstract: Oil Shale in the 80s and 90s, by C. F. Knutson, J. R. Dyni, J. L. Qian, F. D. Ball, V. Kattai, V. Puura, K. Urov, and A. Kogerman, A. C. Hutton, G. Solti, and E. M. Piper; #90987 (1993).
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KNUTSON, CARROLL F., INEL, EEG Idaho, Idaho Falls, ID; J. R. DYNI, USGS, Denver, CO; J. L. QIAN, Beijing Petroleum Univ., Beijing, China; F. D. BALL, 3-D Geoconsultants, Fredericton, N.B., Canada; V. KATTAI, V. PUURA, K. UROV, and A. KOGERMAN, Estonian Academy of Science, Tallinn, Estonia; A. C. HUTTON, Univ. of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia; G. SOLTI, Hungarian Geological Institute, Budapest, Hungary; and E. M. PIPER, Stone & Webster, Denver, CO

ABSTRACT: Previous HitOilNext Hit Previous HitShaleNext Hit in the 80s and 90s

A review of the Previous HitoilNext Hit Previous HitshaleNext Hit developments in the decade of the 1980s, carried out by the AAPG/EMD Previous HitoilNext Hit Previous HitshaleNext Hit committee, reveals some interesting patterns. In the early portion of the decade the production of synfuels from Previous HitoilNext Hit Previous HitshaleNext Hit received the major interest. The countries such as the USSR and China, with a mature Previous HitshaleNext Hit Previous HitoilNext Hit industries, were in the middle of programs to accelerate the research and development efforts aimed at increasing Previous HitshaleNext Hit Previous HitoilNext Hit production. Other countries with Previous HitoilNext Hit Previous HitshaleNext Hit resources, such as the USA, Canada, Brazil, and Australia, were fielding major research and development efforts aimed at putting in place significant Previous HitshaleNext Hit Previous HitoilNext Hit production capacities. Environmental awareness was growing during this period and-the calculated cost of Previous HitshaleNext Hit Previous HitoilNext Hit was a monotonically increasing factor. The decrease in the price of crude Previous HitoilNext Hit in the early 1980s, resulted in detailed examination of the varied synfuel research and development projects and a general marked decrease in their funding.

The middle and late 1980s saw increased attention paid to the non-synfuel uses of Previous HitoilNext Hit Previous HitshaleNext Hit. Some examples of successful applications are the (1) Israeli power generation with direct Previous HitoilNext Hit Previous HitshaleNext Hit combustion and spent Previous HitshaleNext Hit used for ceramics and cement, (2) Hungarian utilization of Previous HitoilNext Hit Previous HitshaleNext Hit in agriculture, and (3) the utilization of spent Previous HitshaleNext Hit as a cement component in Germany, Estonia, and China. Research in applications for Previous HitshaleNext Hit Previous HitoilNext Hit components as petrochemicals and niche market hydrocarbons was and is being carried out in Estonia, Russia, and the USA.

Previous HitOilNext Hit Previous HitshaleTop is an abundant resource in a number of areas and research aimed at its beneficial economic utilization would appear to be a high return activity.

AAPG Search and Discovery Article #90987©1993 AAPG Annual Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 25-28, 1993.