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Title: Sng From Eastern Oil Shale Via The Hytort Process
Author: Harland L Feldkirchner, Sanford A. Weil, John C. Janka, Dharamvir V. Punwani
Source: American Gas Association 1980
Year Published: 1980
Abstract: Eastern U.S. Devonian oil shales have a potential for supplying about 2200 quads (10 Btu) of synthetic natural gas (SNG). This is the same order of magnitude as estimates of the total U.S. resources of natural gas, excluding geopressured gas. In some shale-rich eastern states, the energy content of Ihese shale resources exceeds thai of currijntly known coal resources. Work done at the Institute of Gas Technology (IGT) under the sponsorship of the American Gas Association (A.G.A.) and the Gas Research Institute has shown that, if retorted in a hydrogen atmosphere at elevated pressures (via the HYTORT Process*), eastern Devonian shales can be a potential source of synthetic gaseous or liquid fuels. Experimental work has been done in equipment ranging in size from a small laboratory thermobalance to a large 1 ton/hr process development unit. This work has shown that hydrogen retorting of these shales can give organic carbon recoveries from 2 to 2.5 times those that can be achieved by conventional retorting. This work, supported by process and economic studies has confirmed the technical and economic feasibility of the HYTORT Process. Further HYTORT Process development work is now being done under the sponsorship of (he U.S. Department of Energy.

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