1. TARBLASTER A TECHNOLOGY FOR ”DRY” RECOVERY OF OIL FROM OIL SHALE WITH
NO WATER CONSUMPTION
EXTRACTION AND UPGRADING OF THE OIL IN ONE OPERATION
LESS ENERGY CONSUMPTION
LESS GHG EMISSION

2. AGENDA
Introduction of the PETROMAKS program og user managed innovation projects by NFR
Presentation of Tarblaster AS by CEO Olav Ellingsen
The company
About the project
The technology challenges by Ph.D. Jørn Bakken SINTEF Energy Research AS
R&D needs
Time shedule
Resources
Open discussion about the project and input from NFR to an application

3. TARBLASTER AS CEO Olav Ellingsen
CEO Olav Ellingsen
Incorporated by 88 shareholders from Norway, England, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, USA and Canada
Number of issued shares
CEO Olav Ellingsen
Board of Directors:
Chairman, lawyer Morten Borch, Oslo
Engineer, Steve Kent, London
Member, marketing investigator Bjarte S. Ellingsen, Oslo
Member, engineer Olav Ellingsen, Oslo

4. R&D PARTNERS SINTEF ENERGY RESEARCH AS, Trondheim
Professor Jens Hetland
Ph.D. Jørn Bakken
NYHAVNA MEKANISKE AS, Trondheim
Engineer Stig Fuglestad
KGD Development AS, Oslo
CEO engineer Roger Gale
Professor Finn Drangsholt

5. OIL SHALE
Oil Shale is a sedimentary rock that contains organic matter, which although not appreciable soluble in conventional petroleum solvents can be converted to soluble liquids by heating.
When heated in a processes known as pyrolysis, destructive distillation or retorting, the bonds rupture forming smaller liquids or gaseous molecules. These can then be separated from the inorganic matrix, which remains behind as the spent shale waste products.

6. WORLD WIDE DEPOSITS
Oil shale has been found on all of the inhabited continents.
U.S. Geological Survey estimate that the world's oil shale deposits comprises 2 quadrillion barrels.
If all this oil were extracted and distributed among the world's residents, each person would receive about barrels. However, the spent shale would cover over the entire surface of the world, land areas and ocean included, to a depth of about 10 feet.

7. DIVERGENCE IN OIL SHALE
Commercial grades of oil shale ranges from about 100 to 200 litres per metric ton (l/t) of rock. The U.S. Geological Survey has used a lower limit of about 40 l/t (9 gal/ton) for classification of Federal oil-shale lands.
Here we will use the units used by U.S. Geological Survey – gallons / ton to define the oil shale types as shown below:

8. DIVERGENCE IN OIL SHALE

9. DIVERGENCE IN OIL SHALE

10. DIVERGENCE IN OIL SHALE

11. OIL SHALE DEPOSITS

12. OIL SHALE DEPOSITS

13. PROBLEMS CONNECTED TO EXISTING TECHNOLOGY
High consumption of water
Water polluted with small amount of oil, fines and chemicals
High level of energy consumption – inefficient energy conversion
High output of GHG emission
Huge capital investments
Heavy oil which must be upgraded or mixed with light oil prior to refining

14. THE TARBLASTER IDEA
The idea in developing the Tarblaster technology was to present a technology which could extract the oil and upgrade it to a refinery feed stock without the environmental constraints as by existing technologies.

15. TARBLASTER GENERAL FLOW DIAGRAM

17. TARBLASTER LOGISTICS

18. THE BENEFITS OF THE TARBLASTER TECHNOLOGY
Low energy consumption
Self-sustained with energy by combustion of low value energy
Reduced CO2 emission
No water consumption
Extraction and upgrading the oil in one operation
Reduce capital investments
Easy to scale up
Increased value of oil by:
Increased API FROM 8 to 25 (*)
Reduce sulphur and metal content
(*) Proved API 18, but believe it will be possible to reach
API 25 by an add on process

19. TEST UNIT First test June 2008
Test rig ready for testing at SINTEF ENERGY RESEARCH AS, Trondheim

20. FROM OIL SHALE TO OIL

21. TARBLASTER TEST RESULTS 20.05.09 ESTONIAN OIL SHALE
Test period
55 minutes
Total oil sand feed
33,348 kg
Mass of carbon in sand
Oil evaporated off
4 % of mass of shale
Oil collected
1,41 litres

22. COMPARISON PRESENT PRODUCTION AND TARBLASTER PRODUCTION

23. FEASIBILITY OF THE TARBLASTER TECHNOLOGY
Unique low temperature and pressure thermo mechanical process
Process equipment known to the industry
Mining operation as for existing technology

24. CUSTOMERS BENEFIT FOR EXISTING INDUSTRY AS AN ADD ON PROCESS
REDUCED CAPITAL INVESTMENT
REDUCED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
REDUCED LIABILITY RISKS
SHORTER PAY BACK TIME
LOWER RECOVERY COSTS AND HIGHER YIELD
CAN HANDLE LEAN SHALE
CAN USE FINE GRAINED SHALE
NO WATER CONTAMINATION

25. PRIME POTENTIAL CLIENTS
VG Oil AS, Estonia
PETROBRAS, Brazil
27 companies pursuing oil shale in USA

26. Jørn Bakken SINTEF Energy Research AS
THE TECHNOLOG CHALLENGES
Jørn Bakken SINTEF Energy Research AS
Process for the preparation of the feed to the reactor
System for even distribution of the feed into the reactor
Handling of spent shale with regeneration of the heat in a solid/liquid steam boiler
Testing and development of a high temperature sand filter for capture of fines in the gas stream
Optimization of the condensation conditions by different partial pressure of the gas fraction

27. Jørn Bakken SINTEF Energy Research AS
THE TECHNOLOG CHALLENGES
Jørn Bakken SINTEF Energy Research AS
Optimization of the fluidization conditions in the reactor and regenerator by recirculation of hot pyrolysis gases into the regenerator's plenum
Development of an electrostatic filter for capture of oil aerosols and non condensed fumes
Mass and energy balance for optimization of process temperature and specific loads
Improved upgrading by utilizing the kinetic energy in the gas stream and rerouting part of the produced oil to the reactor
Simulation and characterization of the process