article thumbnail

General Synfuels to Test In-Situ Oil Shale Gasification Technology in Wyoming and Colorado

Green Car Congress

has secured an exploration agreement for lands in Wyoming and rights to a separate oil shale resource opportunity in Colorado. Collectively, the agreements will allow the company to test and develop the company’s in situ superheated air gasification process to recover hydrocarbons from oil shale, oil sands and heavy oil.

Wyoming 150
article thumbnail

Encana challenges EPA draft Pavillion groundwater report

Green Car Congress

Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc., a subsidiary of Encana Corporation, says it strongly disagrees with the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) preliminary conclusions on fracking in its draft report related to the groundwater study in the Pavillion natural gas field of Wyoming. Earlier post.)

EPA 210
article thumbnail

General Synfuels Forms $10M Technology Partnership for Oil Shale Prototype Plant

Green Car Congress

has formed the $10-million “Patriot’s Oil Shale Technology Fund L.P.”, to complete funding of the Phase 1 construction of a full-scale prototype oil shale plant under construction in Rock Springs, Wyoming. General Synfuels International (GSI), a subsidiary of Earth Search Sciences, Inc., Earlier post.).

Oil 186
article thumbnail

DOE to award up to $12.4M to 11 projects focused on shale gas and enhanced oil recovery

Green Car Congress

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected 11 research projects that will help find ways to extract more energy from unconventional oil and gas resources while reducing environmental risks for awards totalling $12.4 The selections include $10.3 The selections include $10.3

Oil 225
article thumbnail

US Department of the Interior Offering Second Round of Oil Shale Research and Development Leases; Cuts Potential Commercialization Acreage 87.5%

Green Car Congress

The US Department of the Interior (DOI) is offering additional opportunities for energy companies to conduct oil shale research, development and demonstration (RD&D) projects on public lands in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. Earlier post.) Potential lessees may nominate up to 160 acres for RD&D. Earlier post.) Secretary Salazar.

Oil 170
article thumbnail

DOE Selects 15 Projects Aimed at Secure CO2 Underground Storage

Green Car Congress

Geologic storage is currently focused on five types of formations:(1) depleted oil and gas reservoirs, (2) deep saline formations, (3) unmineable coal seams, (4) oil- and gas-rich organic shales, and (5) basalts. Researchers will investigate the feasibility of geologic CO 2 sequestration in depleted shale gas reservoirs.

CO2 199