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Rio Blanco Oil Shale Company

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The Rio Blanco Oil Shale Company was an American shale oil extraction technology research and development company. [1]

20 relations: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Amoco, BP, Chevron Corporation, Colorado School of Mines, Fischer assay, Gulf Oil, History of the oil shale industry in the United States, In situ, Lurgi–Ruhrgas process, New Orleans, Occidental Petroleum, Office of Technology Assessment, Oil shale, Oil shale geology, Porosity, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, Rubble, Shale oil extraction, Society of Petroleum Engineers.

American Association of Petroleum Geologists

The American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) is one of the world's largest professional geological societies with more than 35,000 members as of 2017.

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Amoco

Amoco Corporation, originally Standard Oil Company (Indiana), is a global chemical and oil company that was founded in 1889 around a refinery located in Whiting, Indiana, United States.

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BP

BP plc (stylised as bp), formerly British Petroleum, is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England.

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Chevron Corporation

Chevron Corporation is an American multinational energy corporation.

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Colorado School of Mines

Colorado School of Mines, also referred to as "Mines", is a public teaching and research university in Golden, Colorado, devoted to engineering and applied science, with special expertise in the development and stewardship of the Earth's natural resources.

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Fischer assay

The Fischer assay is a standardized laboratory test for determining the oil yield from oil shale to be expected from a conventional shale oil extraction.

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Gulf Oil

Gulf Oil was a major global oil company from 1901 to 1981.

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History of the oil shale industry in the United States

The history of the oil shale industry in the United States goes back to the 1850s; it dates back farther as a major enterprise than the petroleum industry.

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In situ

In situ (often not italicized in English) is a Latin phrase that translates literally to "on site" or "in position".

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Lurgi–Ruhrgas process

The Lurgi–Ruhrgas process is an above-ground coal liquefaction and shale oil extraction technology.

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New Orleans

New Orleans (. Merriam-Webster.; La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana.

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Occidental Petroleum

Occidental Petroleum Corporation (often abbreviated Oxy in reference to its ticker symbol) is an American multinational petroleum and natural gas exploration and production company incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in Houston, Texas with operations in the United States, the Middle East, and Latin America.

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Office of Technology Assessment

The Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) was an office of the United States Congress from 1972 to 1995.

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Oil shale

Oil shale is an organic-rich fine-grained sedimentary rock containing kerogen (a solid mixture of organic chemical compounds) from which liquid hydrocarbons, called shale oil (not to be confused with tight oil—crude oil occurring naturally in shales), can be produced.

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Oil shale geology

Oil shale geology is a branch of geologic sciences which studies the formation and composition of oil shales–fine-grained sedimentary rocks containing significant amounts of kerogen, and belonging to the group of sapropel fuels.

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Porosity

Porosity or void fraction is a measure of the void (i.e. "empty") spaces in a material, and is a fraction of the volume of voids over the total volume, between 0 and 1, or as a percentage between 0% and 100%.

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Rio Blanco County, Colorado

Rio Blanco County is one of the 64 counties of the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Rubble

Rubble is broken stone, of irregular size, shape and texture; undressed especially as a filling-in.

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Shale oil extraction

Shale oil extraction is an industrial process for unconventional oil production.

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Society of Petroleum Engineers

The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit professional organization whose mission is to collect, disseminate, and exchange technical knowledge concerning the exploration, development and production of oil and gas resources and related technologies for the public benefit and to provide opportunities for professionals to enhance their technical and professional competence.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Blanco_Oil_Shale_Company

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