BX In Situ Oil Shale Project. Special Technical Report: Surface Water Hydrology of the Piceance Creek Basin and BX IN Situ Oil Shale Project, Rio Blanco Country, Colorado

摘要

Objective is to demonstrate the technical feasibility of using superheated steam as a heat-carrying medium to retort in situ the oil shale in the Green River Formation leached zone and provide a mechanism for the recovery of this shale oil with a minimum impact on the environment. One trillion Btu of heat will be injected into a site over two years to retort a shale zone about 550 feet thick and covering about one acre. This document covers studies of basic surface water hydrology conditions. (ERA citation 05:013106)