Water resources and potential hydrologic effects of oil-shale development in the southeastern Uinta Basin, Utah and Colorado

Abstract

per-day oil-shale mine with retorting above ground 20 2. Summary of water requirements for a 100,000-barrel-per-day oil-shale mine with retorting by the Occidental modified in situ process 20 3. Comparison of mean chemical composition of four retort waters with natural waters in the southeastern Uinta Basin-CONVERSION FACTORS Most values in this report are given in inch-pound units. For those readers who may prefer to use metric units rather than inch-pound units, the conversion factors for the terms used in the report are listed below. The conversion factors are shown to four significant figures.

Potential impacts to perennial springs from tar sand mining, processing, and disposal on the Tavaputs Plateau, Utah, USA

“…The uppermost unit in the study area, the Parachute Creek Fm., contains bituminous sands (tar sands), and is underlain by the Douglas Creek member of the Green River Fm., and Eocene Renegade Tongue of the Wasatch Fm. (Kimball, 1981;Lindskov and Kimball, 1985;Holmes and Kimball, 1987). The Douglas Creek and Renegade Tongue outcrops are significant because both formations contain a large freshwater aquifer, the Douglas Creek aquifer, where they exist at depth to the north (Holmes and Kimball, 1987).…”