CONTENTS
Foreword v
Methane OccurrencesandPotentialResources inthe LowerParachute CreekMemberofGreenRiver
Formation,
Piceance CreekBasin,ColoradoRex D. ColeandGerald J. Daub 1
Robert B. Crookston His Oil Shale
Achievements,
HisCollections,
andthe Tell ErtlOil Shale ArchivesRobert N. HeistandandMark T.Atwood 8
Blasting-Induced Rock-Motion
Modeling Including
Gas Pressure EffectsDale S. PreeceandSteven D. Knudsen 13
Field EvaluationswithaLow-Incendive
Blasting
Agent in Oil Shale MinesEric S.
Weiss,
Kenneth L.Cashdollar,
Michael J.Sapko,
andEugene M. Bazala 20 AttritionandBreakageofaWesternReference Oil ShaleatProcess TemperaturesUlrich GrimmandGlenn
Swaney
29Updateonthe
Radio-Frequency
InSituExtractionofShale OilJ.E. BridgesandG.C.
Sresty
35EconomicAspectsofOil ShaleProduction
Using
Radio-Frequency
InSituRetorting
W.S.
Streeter,
J.E.Bridges,
andG.C.Sresty
44OilShale
Retorting
withSteamandRecycleGasL.S. MerrillandL.D. Wheaton 51
Hot-Recycled-SolidPilotPlant1991Status Report
Robert J. Cena 60
AnalysisofParticle
Slip
andDrag
inaLift Pipe Used in theHot-Recycled-SolidOilShaleRetortD.F. AldisandCB. Thorsness 55
Chemical BasisofMiddle-Distillate FuelInstabilityInteractive EffectsofSelectedNitrogenHeterocycleswith
OrganicAcidsandBases inaShale-Derived Diesel Fuel
George W.Mushrush,Erna J.
Beal,
Robert N.Hazlett,
andDennisR.Hardy
^74
Exploitation
ofShale Hydrationfor Leachate Control in Disposed Oil ShaleDavidB.
McWhorter,
GeorgeH.Watson,
JuergenBraun,
andEarl D. York 82 The Positive Environmental ExperienceatUnocal's CommercialShale Oil ProjectWilliamL.Sharrer 94
Socioeconomic
ImpactoftheUnocal Oil ShaleProjectAnAnalysisJimEvans 103
Commercial
Feasibility
ofProducing
Shale Oil-Modified AsphaltLarry
A.LukensandMark A. Plummer 108Commercial EconomicsofShaleOil-ModifiedAsphalt
Larry
A.Lukens 115UpdateontheColoradoTract C-b Oil Shale Demonstration
Facility
Leroy
Dockter 120EnvironmentalAnalysisofOccidental Oil Shale Inc's Proof-of-ConceptOilShale Project
P.F.Ziemkiewicz 123
TheCombustionProcess Effectiveness FactorofOil Shale Char Particles
Min
Lin,
Xianqing
Wang,
JialinQian,
andYajia Zhu 128ColoradoOil Shale Initiatives forthe'90s
Ronald W.