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Oil yields and characteristics of Green River Formation oil shales at WOSCO EX-1, Uintah County, Utah. [Prospects for nuclear fracturing and in-situ retorting]

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"Detailed oil yield, lithologic, and mineral distribution data are presented for core and drill-cutting samples from the Western Oil Shale Corp. Project Utah EX-1 Corehole (WOSCO EX-1), drilled to sample a deep buried oil-shale sequence in the Green River Formation of Utah's Uinta Basin. Drilling of this corehole was part of the evaluation of this site for possible oil-shale development by nuclear explosion. Sections sufficiently thick for nuclear development average 15 gallons per ton or less and consist predominantly of low-grade shales. Some properties of low-grade shales may be advantageous to a nuclear experiment by facilitating breakage, fracture development, and in situ retorting. The formation correlates precisely with the well-studied oil shales 25 miles east near the Colorado border. A 235-foot mineralized section containing nahcolite, shortite, and searlesite whose bottom lies 300 feet above the Mahogany zone is described."

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Last Updated September 29, 2016, 17:13 (LMT)
Created September 29, 2016, 17:13 (LMT)
Citation Smith, J.W. Trudell, L.G. ; Robb, W.A. ---- Roy Long, Oil yields and characteristics of Green River Formation oil shales at WOSCO EX-1, Uintah County, Utah. [Prospects for nuclear fracturing and in-situ retorting], 2016-09-29, https://edx.netl.doe.gov/dataset/oil-yields-and-characteristics-of-green-river-formation-oil-shales-at-wosco-ex-1-uintah-county-ut
Netl Product yes
Poc Email Roy.long@netl.doe.gov
Point Of Contact Roy Long
Program Or Project KMD
Publication Date 1972-1-1