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DOI	10.2172/5835490
Title	Oil shale commercialization study
Creator/Author	Warner, M.M.
Publication Date	1981 Sep 01
OSTI Identifier	OSTI ID: 5835490; Legacy ID: DE86010569
Report Number(s)	DOE/RO/00100-T1
DOE Contract Number	FG06-80R000100
DOI	10.2172/5835490
Other Number(s)	Other: ON: DE86010569
Resource Type	Technical Report
Resource Relation	Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Research Org	Boise State Univ., ID (USA)
Subject	04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS; IDAHO; OIL SHALE DEPOSITS; EXPLORATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES; TERTIARY PERIOD; CENOZOIC ERA; CHEMISTRY; FEDERAL REGION X; GEOLOGIC AGES; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; MINERAL RESOURCES; NORTH AMERICA; RESOURCES; USA
Related Subject	Geothermal Legacy
Description/Abstract	Ninety four possible oil shale sections in southern Idaho were located and chemically analyzed. Sixty-two of these shales show good promise of possible oil and probable gas potential. Sixty of the potential oil and gas shales represent the Succor Creek Formation of Miocene age in southwestern Idaho. Two of the shales represent Cretaceous formations in eastern Idaho, which should be further investigated to determine their realistic value and areal extent. Samples of the older Mesozonic and paleozoic sections show promise but have not been chemically analyzed and will need greater attention to determine their potential. Geothermal resources are of high potential in Idaho and are important to oil shale prospects. Geothermal conditions raise the geothermal gradient and act as maturing agents to oil shale. They also might be used in the retorting and refining processes. Oil shales at the surface, which appear to have good oil or gas potential should have much higher potential at depth where the geothermal gradient is high. Samples from deep petroleum exploration wells indicate that the succor Creek shales have undergone considerable maturation with depth of burial and should produce gas and possibly oil. Most of Idaho's shales that have been analyzed have a greater potential for gas than for oil but some oil potential is indicated. The Miocene shales of the Succor Creek Formation should be considered as gas and possibly oil source material for the future when technology has been perfectes. 11 refs.
Country of Publication	United States
Language	English
Format	Size: Pages: 50
Availability	NTIS, PC A03/MF A01; 1.
System Entry Date	2007 May 14
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