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Environmental, health, safety, and socioeconomic concerns associated with oil recovery from US tar-sand deposits [electronic resource] : state-of-knowledge

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Livermore, Calif : Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1982.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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Pages: 61 : digital, PDF file
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary
Tar-sand petroleum-extraction procedures undergoing field testing for possible commercial application in the US include both surface (above-ground) and in situ (underground) procedures. The surface tar-sand systems currently being field tested in the US are thermal decomposition processes (retorting), and suspension methods (solvent extraction). Underground bitumen extraction procedures that are also being field tested domestically are in situ combustion and steam-injection. Environmental, health, safety, and socioeconomic concerns associated with construction and operation of 20,000-bbl/d commercial tar-sand surface and in situ facilities have been estimated and are summarized in this report. The principal regulations that commercial tar-sand facilities will need to address are also discussed, and environmental control technologies are summarized and wherever possible, projected costs of emission controls are stated. Finally, the likelihood-of-occurrence of potential environmental, health, and safety problems that have been determined are reviewed, and from this information inference is made as to the environmental acceptability of technologically feasible 20,000-bbl/d commercial tar-sand oil-extraction procedures.
Report Numbers
E 1.99:ucid-19298
ucid-19298
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Published through SciTech Connect.
01/08/1982.
"ucid-19298"
"DE82010031"
Anspaugh, L.R.; Daniels, J.I.; Ricker, Y.E.
Funding Information
W-7405-ENG-48
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