UTILIZATION OF OIL SHALE RETORT GAS

Production of shale oil yields a significant quantity of by-product gas that can have considerable value. The by-product, oil shale retort gas (OSRG), constitutes about % of the energy input of the shale that is processed in a Galoter-based retort. The desirability of producing separate products fro...

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Published in:Oil shale (Tallinn, Estonia : 1984) Estonia : 1984), 2012-09, Vol.29 (3), p.248
Main Authors: Soot, Peet-Mati, Voll, Hendrik, Koiv, Teet-Andrus
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coal mining
Compressed natural gas
Energy
Feasibility studies
Gases
Oil shale
Oil-shales
Power plants
Shale oils
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Summary:Production of shale oil yields a significant quantity of by-product gas that can have considerable value. The by-product, oil shale retort gas (OSRG), constitutes about % of the energy input of the shale that is processed in a Galoter-based retort. The desirability of producing separate products from OSRG is confirmed. Even one single component--propylene--has a potential market value of up to US$250 million per year if produced on the scale that Eesti Energia (EE) is proposing to develop its oil shale project in Utah, USA. Used in its aggregate state as a simple fuel in a power plant, the same amount of OSRG has only about 5% of that value. Keywords: oil shale retort gas, gas processing, gas separation.
ISSN:0208-189X
1736-7492
DOI:10.3176/oil.2012.3.05