Chevron CRUSH

Chevron CRUSH
Chevron CRUSH
Process type chemical
Industrial sector(s) chemical industry, oil industry
Feedstock oil shale
Product(s) shale oil
Leading companies Chevron Corporation
Developer(s) Chevron Research Company

Chevron CRUSH is an in situ shale oil extraction technology to convert kerogen in oil shale to shale oil. The name stands for Chevron's Technology for the Recovery and Upgrading of Oil from Shale. It is developed jointly by Chevron Corporation and the Los Alamos National Laboratory.[1]

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History

The Chevron CRUSH technology bases on the earlier in situ efforts. Sinclair Oil Corporation conducted an experiment using both natural and induced fractures to establish communication between wells and developing an in situ combustion process.[2][3] Geokinetics, the Sandia National Laboratories, and the Laramie Energy Technology Center of the U.S. Department of Energy emploed explosive and hydraulic fracturing technologies. Equity Oil Company, Continental Oil Company and the University of Akron studied the benefit of carbon dioxide as a carrier gas to facilitate a higher yield of shale oil.[2] Based on these works, Chevron Corporation and the Los Alamos National Laboratory started a cooperation in 2006 to improve the recovery of hydrocarbons from oil shale.[1] IN 2006, the United States Department of the Interior issued a research, development and demonstration lease for Chevron's demonstration project on public lands in Colorado’s Piceance Basin.[4]

Process

Chevron CRUSH process

For decomposition kerogen in oil shale, the Chevron CRUSH process uses heated carbon dioxide. The process involves drilling vertical wells into the oil shale formation and applying horizontal fractures induced by injecting carbon dioxide through drilled wells and then pressured through the formation for circulation through the fractured intervals to rubblize the production zone. For further rubblization propellants and explosives may be used. The used carbon dioxide then be routed to the gas generator to be reheated and recycled.[2][5][6] The remaining organic matter in previously heated and depleted zones is combusted in-situ to generate the heated gases required to process successive intervals. These gases would then be pressured from the depleted zone into the newly fractured portion of the formation and the process would be repeated.[2] The hydrocarbon fluids are brought up in conventional vertical oil wells.[2][5][6]

Isolation of groundwater

The processing area is isolated from surrounding groundwater by creating fractured areas ("pockets"), approximately 1 to 5 acres (4,000 to 20,000 m2) wide and 50 feet (15 m) high within the center of the oil shale deposit. In this way, about 75 feet (23 m) of the confining layer would separate the process area from the water bearing layers above and below, keeping the aquifers out of the production zone.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Chevron and Los Alamos Jointly Research Oil Shale Hydrocarbon Recovery". Green Car Congress. 2006-09-25. http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/09/chevron_and_los.html. Retrieved 2009-04-12. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f (PDF) Environmental assessment. Chevron Oil Shale Research, Development & Demonstration. U.S. Department of Interior. Bureau of Land Management. White River Field Office. November 2006. CO-110-2006-120-EA. http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/co/field_offices/white_river_field/oil_shale/chevron_u_s_a__inc.Par.26834.File.dat/CO1102006120EAwofigures.pdf. Retrieved 2009-04-12. 
  3. ^ Lee, Sunggyu (1991). Oil Shale Technology. CRC Press. pp. 124. ISBN 0849346150. 
  4. ^ "Interior Department Issues Oil Shale Research, Development and Demonstration Leases for Public Lands in Colorado" (Press release). Bureau of Land Management. 2006-12-15. http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/BLM_Information/newsroom/2006/OilShaleLeaseIssue.html. Retrieved 2009-04-12. 
  5. ^ a b (PDF) Secure Fuels from Domestic Resources: The Continuing Evolution of America’s Oil Shale and Tar Sands Industries. United States Department of Energy. 2007. pp. 1–68. http://www.nevtahoilsands.com/pdf/Oil-Shale-and-Tar-Sands-Company-Profiles.pdf. Retrieved 2007-07-11. 
  6. ^ a b (PDF) Oil Shale Research, Development & Demonstration Project. Plan of Operation. Chevron USA Inc.. 2006-02-15. http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/co/field_offices/white_river_field/oil_shale.Par.37256.File.dat/OILSHALEPLANOFOPERATIONS.pdf. Retrieved 2009-04-12. 

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