... Abstract Project Bronco has been proposed as an experiment to determine whether nuclear explosions can be used in the recovery of oil from deep oil shale deposits. The experimental objectives of Bronco are: to evaluate the overall feasibility of nuclear breaking followed by in situ retorting...

... the heating gas is completely free from oxygen, no oxidation induced polymerization of the oil occurs. Prior to the field experiment, oil shale cores from the Piceance Creek Basin were heated in a natural gas stream under two conditions. Some experiments were run at a gas pressure of 300 lb/sq. inch...

... of permeability and porosity. However, it should also be kept in mind that oil matter, as such, does not exist in shale. oil shale heating permeabilityand porosity shale oil countercurrentprocess shale complex reservoir Thickness experiment Upstream Oil & Gas situ processing diameter...