fuels from oil shale and tar sands nature of resource size what’s required to produce/process...
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Fuels from Oil Shale and Tar Sands
• Nature of resource
• Size
• What’s required to produce/process
• Issues
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Atomic H/C Ratios
From Wiser, 2000
Arrow in direction of…
•Solid-liquid-gas
•Ease of transport
•Less solids pollution
•Less air contamination
•Smaller viscosity Oil from shale, tar sand
Note: scale is a continuum
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Classification Based on Viscosity….
• Roughly…. At room temperature < 10 cp is a light oil
- < 10,000 is a heavy oil < 106 is a tar sand oil > 106 is bitumen
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Classification Based Non-organic Sediment….
H/C
Ra
tio
4
3
2
1
00 80
% Non-Organic Sediment
Coal
Nat. Gas
Crude
Tar Sands
Oil Shale
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The Canadian Oil Sands
• The US consumes annually 7 x 109 bbl oil
• The Alberta Canada (Athabascan) oil (tar) sands contain ~2 x 1011 bbl oil, recoverable at current price, matching the recoverable reserves of Saudi Arabia
• The 2005 Albertan tar oil production was 4 x 108 bbl
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Economic History of the Canadian Oil Sands
• Commercial production of oil from the Athabasca oil sands began in 1967, when Suncor opened its first mine. Development was soon inhibited by declining world oil prices.
• The second mine, operated by Syncrude, began operating in 1978. As the price of oil subsided after the Arab oil embargo, the plug was again pulled on new developments.
• The third mine, operated by Shell Canada started operating only in 2003.
• With the 2004-2006 oil price increases, and the production cost being $ 35-$ 38, the existing mines have been greatly expanded and new ones are being planned
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Where Will the Tar Oil Go?
• An agreement has been signed between PetroChina and Enbridge to build a 400,000 barrel-per-day pipeline from Edmonton, Alberta to the west-coast port of Kitimat BC to export synthetic crude oil from the oil sands to China plus a 150,000 bpd pipeline running the other way to import condensate to dilute the bitumen so it will flow.
• Sinopec, China's largest refining and chemical company, and China National Petroleum Corporation have bought shares in major oil sands companies
• India invested $1 billion in the Athabasca Oil Sands in 2006. Four Indian companies are involved
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The Oil Sand Crude: Bitumen
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Tar Sands….
• Nature: Highly viscous hydrocarbon found with 80-90%non-organic material
• Size: large deposits in California, Alberta, Venezuela
• Conventional mining/processing
• In situ injection of steam
• Issues….
- Energy intensive
- Several commercial processes
- Cogeneration helps
- Low quality crude oil
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Shale Oil
• Oil shales are rocks rich in organic matter (kerogen)
• The oil is derived through retorting, i.e. pyrolysis in the absence of air, at 445-500 °C
• The worldwide reserves of oil shale are estimated at 2.6 trillion barrels of recoverable oil. 1.0-1.2 trillion barrels are in the US
• Oil shale is can be burned as is, but it is a low-grade fuel
• Oil shale is currently mined in Estonia, Brazil and China
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History of US Shale Oil 1964-1980 On-Again, Off Again
• 1964 Colony oil shale project of Tosco, Sohio and Cleveland Cliffs• 1972 Colony oil shale project halted after 270,000 bbls were produced. Occidental Petroleum
conducts in-situ oil shale experiments at Logan, WA. Shell researches Piceance Creek in-situ steam injection process for oil shale. Oil drops $ 20/bbl
• 1974 Unocal develops new “Union B” retort process; Shell and Ashland join Colony Project. Oil prices increase, at $41/bbl
• 1976 Unocal begins planning commercial scale plant at Parachute Creek to be built when investment is economical
• 1977 Oil prices drop. Superior Oil abandons plan for Meeker oil shale plant planned since 1972• 1979 Shell, Ashland, Cleveland Cliffs and Sohio sell interests in Colony to ARCO and Tosco; Shell
sells leases to Occidental and Tenneco. • 1980 Exxon buys Arco’s Colony interest and in 1981 starts Colony II construction, designed for
47,000 bbl/d by the Tosco II retort process; Unocal plans Long Ridge 50 000 bbl/d plant applying “Union B” retort; Amoco Rio Blanco produces 1,900 bbls of in-situ oil
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1981 Exxon begins to build Battlement Mesa company town for oil shale workers; Second Rio Blanco in-situ retort demonstration produces 24,400 bbls of shale oil1982 Oil demand falls and crude oil prices collapse; Exxon closes Colony II due to cost and poor demand; Shell continues in-situ experiments at Red Pinnacle and labs through 19831985 Congress abolishes Synthetic Liquid Fuels Program 1987 Shell purchases Ertl-Mahogany and Pacific tracts in Colorado; Exxon sells Battlement Mesa for retirement community1991 Occidental closes C-b tract project before first retort begins operation; Unocal closes Long Ridge after 5 MM bbls and 10 years for operational issues and losses.1997 Shell tests in-situ heating on Mahogany property; defers further work on economic basis.2000 Shell returns to Mahogany with expanded in-situ heating technology research plan (ongoing)
History of US Shale Oil 1981-2000
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Oil Shale….
• Nature: Semi-solid hydrocarbon (kerogen) found with 80-90%non-organic material
• Size: enormous….130 billion bbl of oil equivalent in Green River shale (Rocky Mountains)..US has 62% of world supply
• To produce: bring to surface and retort (heating to 400 deg C) converts kerogen to crude
• Issues….
- Excavating issues
- Generate large amount of depleted shale
- Energy intensive
- No commercial processes
• http://www.emdaapg.org/Oil%20Shale.htm
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In-Situ Methods• True In Situ (TIS)
- Fracture oil shale
- Inject air
- Ignite shale
• Modified In Situ (MIS)- Mine above or below targeted shale deposit
- Fill void with rubbished shale
- Ignite shale
• In Situ Conversion Process (ICP)- Drill shafts into the oil-bearing rock
- Drop heaters down the shafts
- Cook the rock until the hydrocarbons boil off
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Schematic of In Situ Retorting….
From Shepherd and Shepherd, 1998
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Shell’s ICP Technology
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Shell’s ICP Technology
• “Freeze wall” technology- Drill shafts 8-12 ft apart around
perimeter of productive site
- Put in piping
- Pump refrigerants through
- Freezes water in the ground around the shafts
- Forms a 20- to 30-foot ice barrier around the site
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Shell’s ICP Technology
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ICP Advantages
• Reduced environmental impact
• Reduction of costs in mining, transportation, and crushing
• Favorable energy balance
• More desirable grade
• Greater production depths
• Extraction from leaner shale
• Quick production drop
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ICP Disadvantages
• Large amount of water required
• Time
• Reliable heater technology
• Heater durability
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Economic Viability
Point of Profit EROEI(Energy Returned on Energy
Invested)
Ex Situ $70 – 95 per barrel
0.7 – 13.3
ICP > $30 per barrel
3-4