Red Leaf Resources
| Industry | Oil shale industry |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Salt Lake City, United States |
| Key people | James Patten (CEO) Matt Greene (CFO) |
Red Leaf Resources, Inc, is a developer of the EcoShale In-Capsule Process, a shale oil extraction technology. It has its headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah. Red Leaf Resources is a developer of the shale oil extraction technology EcoShale In-Capsule Process.
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[edit] Technology
In the Red-Leaf Resources EcoShale In-Capsule Process a hot gas is generated by burning natural gas or pyrolysis gas. Generated hot gas is then circulated through oil shale rubble using sets of parallel pipes. The heat is transferred to the shale through the pipe walls rather than being injected directly into the rubble, thereby avoiding dilution of the product hydrocarbons with the heating gas. The oil shale rubble is enclosed by a low-cost earthen impoundment structure to prevent environmental contamination and to provide easier and more rapid reclamation after the extraction process is finished. Heat from the spent shale is recovered for enhancing the process's energy efficiency by passing cool gas through pipes and then using it for preheating adjacent capsules.[1][2]
[edit] Operations
Red Leaf Resources controls oil shale leases of about 17,000 acres (69 km2) on state land in Seep Ridge, Utah. The acreage represents about 1.1 billion barrels (170×106 m3) of shale oil. The company plans to start building a Uinta Basin mine and shale oil plant in 2012 and start production by 2014 if its permit is approved.[3]
In 2011, Red Leaf Resources signed a licence agreement with TomCo Energy allowing the latter to use the EcoShale technology for developing the Holliday block in Utah.[4]
[edit] Management
The director, president and chief executive officer is James Patten. Chuck Keracik is chief operating officer. Matt Greene is director and chief finance officer. Vice President for International Project Development is Tony Dammer, former director of the Office of Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves. Vice president for energy and environment is Laura Nelson.[5] Todd Dana was one of the original founders of Red Leaf Resources and former chief operating officer.
[edit] References
- ^ (PDF) Secure Fuels from Domestic Resources: The Continuing Evolution of America's Oil Shale and Tar Sands Industries (4th ed.). United States Department of Energy. 2010. pp. 72–73. http://www.unconventionalfuels.org/publications/reports/SecureFuelsReport2010.pdf. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
- ^ Patten, James W. (April 2007). "Red-Leaf Resources. Presentation at the Utah Energy Summit" (PDF). Utah Energy Summit. http://utahenergysummit.com/Presentations/April_17_2007/James.Patten.Final%5B1%5DApril%20Energy,%20Little%20America.pdf. Retrieved 2007-11-11.
- ^ Loomis, Brandon (2011-05-17). "Utah oil shale poised to deliver". The Salt Lake Tribune. http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/51833142-90/oil-shale-utah-company.html.csp. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
- ^ Marshall, Steve (2011-08-23). "TomCo on Utah shale trail". Upstream Online (NHST Media Group). (subscription required). http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article274008.ece. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
- ^ Grace Wall Conlon (2008-08-06). "Companies moving ahead on oil-shale development". Daily Herald. http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/275600/58/. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
