The Center for Oil Shale Technology, along with the Colorado Energy Research Institute (CERI), the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) and other sponsors hosts the Oil Shale Symposium each year. The Oil Shale
Symposium is the premier technical meeting on this resource and
Symposium reviews development of oil shale resources worldwide,
including research & development, environmental impact analysis,
regulatory framework, and project & program status.

The program includes both oral and poster presentations. The full
proceedings of the 28th Oil Shale Symposium are posted below, with
links to individual abstracts, presentations, posters, and papers. Not all authors submitted final papers. Some plenary talks were not accompanied
by presentation materials.

29th Colorado Oil Shale Symposium

Monday, October 19th, 2009
1.Welcoming Plenary

Welcome to the 29th Oil Shale Symposium, Jeremy Boak, Chair, 28th Oil Shale Symposium Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado

Welcome and Introductions by the President of the Colorado School of Mines,
President Myles W. Scoggins, Colorado School of Mines

Colorado's strategy for development of oil shale, Robert Randall, Colorado Department of Natural Resources Paper

Sustainable Energy Development in Utah using Hybrid Energy Systems, Alan Walker, Utah Science Technology and Research (USTAR), Utah Presentation

Oil Shale and Global Energy Needs, Richard Lowe, ExxonMobil Presentation


2. Program Overview Plenary
A New Improved Solid Heat Carrier Technology (Enefit 280) for
Processing of Oil Shales with Different Grades, Indrek Aarna, Eesti Energia AS, Tallinn, Estonia, Andreas Orth, Outotec GmbH, Oberursel, Germany Abstract Presentation

New Generation Shale Oil Plant, Design, Construction and Commissioning, Jaanus Purga, Viru Keemia Grupp (VKG), Kohtla-Järve, Estonia
Abstract Presentation

Developing a US oil shale industry - overcoming the challenges, Sandor Liive, CEO Enefit Presentation

Perspectives on oil shale development, Patricia Limerick, Director, Center for the American West, Boulder Colorado


Tuesday Morning, October 20, 2009
3. In Situ Processing
Spatial distribution of geochemical changes about an oil shale retort, Carl Palmer, Earl Mattson, Mitchell Plummer, Thomas Wood, Robert Perkins; Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho Abstract Presentation

Construction and testing of Shell's freeze wall, Wolfgang Deeg, Sepehr Arbabi, Richard Mykitta, Jeffrey Smith, Larry Crump; Shell Exploration & Production Co., Houston, Texas Abstract Presentation

Field testing of Electrofrac process elements at ExxonMobil's Colony Mine William A. Symington, James S. Burns, Wadood El-Rabaa, Glenn A. Otten, Norman Pokutylowicz, P. Matthew Spiecker, Richard W. Williamson, Jesse D. Yeakel; ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co., Houston, Texas
Abstract Paper Presentation

4. Pyrolysis
Realistic oil shale pyrolysis programs: kinetics and quantitative
analysis, Neil Bostrom, Gabriela Leu, Malka Machlus, Andrew E Pomerantz, Robert, L. Kleinberg; Schlumberger-Doll Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Abstract Presentation

Test results relating to changes in oil yield and gas compositions of
various oil shales subjected to short to medium time and temperature
expsure at atmospheric pressure, William Taciuk, UMATAC Industrial Processes, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Abstract Paper Presentation Poster

Effect of oil shale particle size on oil yield, sulfur and distillation fractions, Omar Al-Ayed, Zaid Al-Anbar; Al-Barqa Applied University, Amman, Jordan Abstract Paper Presentation

Permeability changes of fractured oil shale cores during retorting, Earl Mattson, Carl Palmer, Erik Johnson, Hai Huang, Tom Wood; Idaho, National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho Abstract Presentation

5. Research Development & Demonstration Update
White River Oil Shale Project - 2009 Update, Gary Aho; Petrobras, Reo de Janeiro, Brazil Abstract Presentation

AMSO's Colorado oil shale RD&D lease tract: Progress and plans, Roger Day; American Shale Oil, Rifle, Colorado Abstract Presentation

Field test results: Ecoshale In-Capsule Technology, James Patten; Red Leaf Resources, Salt Lake City, Utah Abstract Presentation

Progress report on oil shale Research Development and Demonstration
(RD&D) leases, Glenn Vawter, Gary Aho, National Oil Shale Association, Glenwood Springs, Colorado Abstract Presentation

6. Modeling
Interaction between reactivity and flow in the in situ production of oil from oil shale, Jacob Bauman, Milind Deo; University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Abstract Presentation

Massively parallel modelling of coupled thermal-hydro-mechanical processes during in-situ oil shale retorting, Hai Huang, Thomas Wood, Carl Palmer, Earl Mattson, Zhijie Xu; Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho
Abstract Presentation

Advances in the steady-state process modeling of oil shale retorting processes, Rick Sherritt, Meilani Purnomo, Jimmy Jia, Jim Schmidt; PROCOM Consultants, Darra, QLD, Australia Abstract Paper Presentation

Oxygen combustion application and simulation analysis in SJ - pyrolysis retort process, Jimmy Jia, Rick Sherritt and Jim Schmidt, PROCOM Consultants Ltd., Darra Queensland, Australia, Wenzhi Shang, Shenmu Sanjiang Coal Chemical Company, Shenmu Shaanxi, China Abstract Presentation

7. Resource Characterization
Albert County oil shale - resource characterization and preliminary
assessment of development concepts, Roland Butler, Lawrence Winter and Carol Seymour, Altius Resources Inc., St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, J. Dean Thibault, Tim Mckeen and Stephanie Scott, Thibault & Associates Inc. - Applied Process Chemical Engineering,Frederiction, New Brunswick, Canada Abstract Presentation

Potential benefits of minerals and metals as added value to oil shale
in Jordan, Musa Resheidat, Jan Krason, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Irbid, Jordan, Explorers International, Inc, Denver, Colorado
Abstract Presentation

An assessment of in-place oil shale resources in the Green River
Formation, Piceance Basin, Colorado, Ronald Johnson, Tracey Mercier, Michael Brownfield, Michael Pantea, Jesse Self; U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado Abstract Presentation

Assessment of in-place nahcolite resources in the Green River
Formation, Piceance Basin, Colorado, Michael Brownfield, Tracey Mercier, Ronald Johnson, Jesse Self; U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado
Abstract Presentation

8. Surface Processing
Hydrogen firing for a high-capacity rotary kiln, Ralph E.Coates, L. Douglas Smoot, Kent E.Hatfield; Combustion Resources, Inc., Provo, Utah
Abstract Presentation

Hydrogen and water requirements for the Clean Shale Oil Surface
Process (C-SOS), Craig Eatough, Kent E. Hatfield, Ambar M. Ochoa, L. Douglas Smoot; Combustion Resources, Inc., Provo, Utah
Abstract Presentation

9. U.S. Program & Policy
Profiling oil shale research and development in the United States, James Killen, Emily Knaus, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington D.CINTEK Inc., Arlington, Virginia Abstract Presentation

Advances in oil shale technologies for potential application in U.S.
oil shale resources, Peter Crawford and Emily Knaus, INTEK Inc, Arlington, Virginia, James Killen, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C.
Abstract Presentation

The current understanding of U.S. oil shale economics, Khosrow Biglarbigi and Marshall Carolus, INTEK Inc, Arlington, Virginia, James Killen, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C. Abstract Presentation

Shale oil, the new Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and why the US should pursue this strategy, Stephen Sewalk, Paul Chinowsky; University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado Abstract Presentation

10. Oil Shale Properties
Determining oil shale porosity using borehole gravimetry, Matthew Holman, Katia Pronina; Shell Exploration and Production Co., Houston, Texas
Abstract Presentation

Elastic properties of source rocks, Ramil Ahmadov, Jack Dvorkin, Gary Mayko; Stanford University, Stanford, California Abstract Presentation

Spectroscopic and microscopic characterization of oil shale, Tracy Elizabeth McEvoy , Michael Batzle, Jeremy Boak, John Scales and George Radziszewski, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, Earl D.Mattson, Energy Resource Recovery and Management Department, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho Abstract Presentation

Pore-scale analysis of pyrolyzed oil shale cores, Chen Lu Lin, Jan Miller, C.H. (Ken) Hsieh, Pankaj Tiwari, Milind Deo; University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Abstract Presentation

Wednesday, October 21, 2009
11. Surface & Ground Water
Interpreting groundwater characteristics in Eocene aquifers by
isotopic measurements: Piceance Basin, Colorado, Harry Posey, Shell Exploration and Development, Houston, Texas, Jim Finley, Telesto Solutions Inc, Ft. Collins, Colorado, Konrad Quast, Norwest, Applied Hydrology, Denver, Colorado Abstract Presentation

Assessing surface water resource availability for oil shale development using the WARMF model, Daniel Levitt , Al-Aziz Eddebbarh , Cathy Wilson and Andrew Wolfsberg, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, Joel Herr, Systech Water Resources, Inc., Walnut Creek, California
Abstract Presentation

GIS- and Web-gased water resource geospatial infrastructure for oil
shale development in the Western United States, Wei (Wendy) Zhou; Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado Abstract Presentation

How does Colorado water rights administration affect oil shale production?, Timothy A. Crawford, Christopher J. Sanchez, Daniel O. Niemela;
Bishop-Brogden Associates, Inc., Englewood, Colorado Abstract Presentation

12. International Programs
Energy independence for Europe from the Cambrian Alum Shale of Sweden:
oil nad uranium - a two-fold energy resource, Michael Bromely-Challenor, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden, Edward Godin, Continental Precious Minerals Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Stewart Jackson, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Patricia Sheahan, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Sven Snaell, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden Abstract Presentation

India's initiative towards exploration of shale gas & oil shale and underground coal gasification, Baleshwar Kumar; National Geophysical Research Institute (ret.), Hyderabad, India Abstract Presentation

Oil shale, tar sand and asphalt depsits of Buton Island, southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, Hendro Fujiono, Mr. Hadiyanto, S.M. Tobing; Center of GeoResources, Geological Agency, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Republic of Indonesia, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia Abstract Presentation

Progress of oil shale exploration in Thailand in Phase 2, Apiradee Suwannathong, Pornchai Pongkorn; Department of Mineral Fuels, Bangkok, Thailand Abstract Presentation

13. Energy, Water, CO_2
Energy development water needs assesment and water supply alternatives
analysis, Benjamin Harding, AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc., Boulder, Colorado Abstract Presentation

Water use for in situ production of oil from oil shale, Jeremy Boak, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, Earl Mattson, Idaho, National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho Abstract Presentation

Saline water disposal into the Birds Nest Aquifer in Uintah County, Utah: implications for potential oil shale development. Michael Vanden Berg; Utah Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, Utah Abstract Presentation

Determinants of carbon dioxide emissions from oil shale-derived fuels, Adam Brandt, Stanford University, Stanford, California, Jeremy Boak, Colorado
School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, Alan Burnham, American Shale Oil LLC, Colorado Abstract Presentation

14. Evaluation of Oil Shale Options
Advanced Hybrid Energy system to integrate oil shale gasification technology with coal fired electric power generation to reduce carbon footprint and minimize emissions, Joseph D. Smith and Richard D. Boardman, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho, L. Douglas Smoot, Kent E. Hatfield and Ralph L. Coatest, Combustion Resources, Inc., Provo, Utah, Khalid Omar, Western Research Institute, Laramie, Wyoming Abstract Presentation

Wind power storage to produce wind clean fuels and to stabilize the grid, Jack Bridges, Richard Snow; Pyrophase, Chicago, Illinois
Abstract Presentation

Potential by-products from oil shale, Piceance Basin, Colorado, Glen Miller; Self, Grand Junction, Colorado Paper Abstract Presentation

Thermodynamics govern future trends in energy production economics, James Bunger, Christopher Russell; JWBA, Inc, SLC, Utah Abstract Presentation

15. Geology & Stratigraphy
Spatial variability of oil shale grade within rich and lean oil shale zones, Green River Formation, Piceance Basin, Colorado, Jesse Yeakel, Nasser Mansoor; ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, Texas
Abstract Presentation

Oil shale deposits of Jordan: genesis and mode of occurrence through petroleum geochemical signatures, Hazem Ramini; Natural Resources Authority, Amman, Jordan Abstract Presentation

Aspects of oil shale and the other geologically associated energy sources for the Piceance, Uinta, and Green River Basins in the western United States, Paul Quinn; Ambet, Aurora, Colorado Abstract Presentation

16. Health & Environmental Risk
Sustainability assessment of Estonian oil shale mining using advanced
technology, Sergei Sabanov; Tallinn University of Technology, Department of
Mining, Tallinn, Estonia Abstract Presentation

A preliminary study for revegitation of spent shale from the Clean
Surface Oil Shale (C-SOS) proces in Utah, Nathan Cline and Bruce Roundy, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, Robert Jackson, CRE Energy, Provo, Utah Abstract Presentation

Reclamation and revegetation of lands disturbed by oil shale development in Colorado, Jack Clark; Clark Mining Services, LLC, Rifle, Colorado
Abstract Presentation

A first order evaluation of atmospheric emissions from a hypothetical
in-situ oil shale retort, Thomas Wood, Robert Podgorney, Arthur Rood, Hai Huang, Carl Palmer, Earl Mattson; Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho Abstract Presentation

17. Responsible Development of Oil Shale
Fossils can still deliver! The surprising public support for fossil
fuels development, Simon Eldridge, QER Ltd, Brisbane, Australia , John Parsons, QER Ltd, Brisbane, Australia , Larry Lukens, Shale Tech International, Rifle, Colorado Abstract Presentation

The case for an Australian shale oil industry, John Parsons, Simon Eldridge; QER Ltd, Brisbane, Australia Abstract Paper Presentation

Responsible development of oil shale, Michele M. Thomas; ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, Texas
Abstract Paper Presentation

Why the United States needs a Strategic Unconventional Fuels Program, Anton Dammer; Red Leaf Resources, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah Abstract
Presentation

18. Waste Treatment
Oil shale pyrolysis water treatability study, Robert Ryan, Shell Exploration & Production Company, Houston, Texas , Rahul Patel and Sudini Padmasiri, Shell Global Solutions US Inc., Houston, Texas Abstract Presentation

Thermal processing of oil shale industry waste with production of
energy, construction materials, chemicals and gases, as well as recovery
of nonferrous metals and trace elements, Erki Unn, Silteh W2P Ltd., Tallinn, Estonia, Andrey Tarasov and Valery Paretsky, State Research Institute of Nonferrous Metals [GINTSVETMET],Moscow, Russian Federation
Abstract Presentation

Is retorted oil shale hazardous waste?, Jaan Habicht; University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia Abstract Presentation

The Vertical Tube Reactor system produces clean water from
contaminated oil shale waste water, Jay McGrew, Applied Science & Engr, Golden, Colorado, Keith Miller, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
Abstract Presentation

Poster Session
1. Oil Shale Pyrolysis: Characterization and Compositional Analysis, Pankaj Tiwari, Kyeongseok Oh, Milind Deo Abstract Poster

2. Combined oil shale liquefaction, Jüri Soone, Mahhail Kaev; Tallinn University of Technology, Virumaa, College of TUT, Kohtla-Järve, Ida-Virumaa, Estonia
Abstract Poster

3. Chattanooga Process, A Process Using Heated And Pressurized Hydrogen In A Fluidized Bed To Produce High Grade Synthetic Crude Oil From Oil Shale, Oil Sands and Bitumen. Marty Karpenski, Tony Howarth, Larry McEvoy, Bill Poist; TallinnUniversity of Technology, Virumaa College of TUT, Kohtla-Järve, Ida-Virumaa, Estonia Abstract Poster

4. PK Clean: An Innovative Process for Processing Oil Shale to Oil, Anil Bakaya; PK Clean Technologies, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Abstract Poster

5. Robust, Flexible, and Cost-effective NANUQ® High Temperature Insulation for In-situ Down-hole Heating Components, Craig Hazelton, Mike Tupper, Matt Hooker, Kano Kimiko Abstract

6. GIS and Web based Water Resource Management for Oil Shale Development Part 1, Matthew Minnick, Wendy Zhou; Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado Abstract Poster

7. Perspectives of water resources in Jordan for oil shale production, Muhanned Hararah, Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, Maan, Jordan , Ahmed Al-Salaymeh and Ahmad Sakhrieh, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, Munther Salaymeh, Jordan Telecommunication Company (JTC), Zarka, Jordan
Abstract Poster

8. The Digital Library and Interactive Map Projects at the Institute for Clean and Secure Energy, University of Utah 2009, Wendy Ajax, Jennifer Spinti, Kirsten Uchitel, Michelle Kline; Institute for Clean and Secure Energy, Salt Lake City, Utah Abstract Poster

9. What every Westerner should know about oil shale, Jason Hanson, Patty Limerick; Center of the American West at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado Abstract Poster

10. A Review of Notable Intellectual Property for In Situ Electromagnetic
Heating of Oil Shale, Dwight Kinzer; Quasar Energy LLC, Fargo, North Dakota
Abstract Poster

11. Limitations on atmospheric CO_2 concentrations, James Bunger, Christopher Russell; JWBA, Inc, Salt Lake City Utah Abstract Poster

13. Analysis of Depositional Cyclicity in the Wilkins Peak Member of the
Eocene Lacustrine Green River Formation, Wyoming, Wasinee Aswasereelert, Alan R. Carroll, Kurt L. Feigl, Shanan E. Peters; Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin Abstract Poster

14. Sedimentary Structures and Environmental Changes in the Piceance Creek
Basin, Colorado, Kati Tänavsuu-Milkeviciene, Rick Sarg; Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado Abstract Poster