Synthetic liquid fuels for the U.S

S.S. Penner

Energy, 1983, vol. 8, issue 8, 685-687

Abstract: The promise of synthetic liquid fuel production in the U.S. is assessed. Heavy oil sources are commercially viable; liquid fuels from tar sands are competitive at current world prices, but environmental impacts need further study; indirect coal liquefaction requires large-scale federal support; direct coal liquefaction has progressed at the pilot stage, now requires support by the Synfuels Corporation and is unlikely to contribute to transportation-fuel supplies before early in the next century. Shale-oil recovery by 1.(1) in situ processing is generally infeasible in the U.S.;2.(2) modified in situ processing faces complex environmental and technological problems; and3.(3) mining and above-ground recovery is marginally competitive at early 1982 prices but is progressing slowly.

Date: 1983
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DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(83)90040-3

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