Red Leaf Resources
| Industry | Oil shale industry |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Salt Lake City, United States |
Key people |
Adolph Lechtenberger (CEO) Ezra Hunt (CFO) |
| Website | redleafinc.com |
Red Leaf Resources, Inc, is an oil-shale company based in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It is a developer of the shale oil extraction technology EcoShale In-Capsule Process. The company is affiliated with Questerre Energy.[1]
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.[2][3]
Operations
Red Leaf Resources controls oil shale leases covering about 17,000 acres (69 km2) on State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands in Seep Ridge, Utah. The acreage represents about 1.1 billion barrels (170 million cubic metres) of shale oil. Its 2009 pilot project produced more than 300 barrels (48 m3) of oil.[4] In 2012, Red Leaf Resources formed a joint venture with Total S.A. to launch commercial scale production of 9,800 barrels per day (1,560 m3/d), utilizing the EcoShale In-Capsule process on oil shale leaseholds in Utah's Uintah Basin.[5] In December 2013, the ground water permit was issued for the oil shale mine and shale oil plant.[6][7] Red Leaf plans to be producing 300,000 barrels (48,000 m3) of oil by the end of 2015.[4]
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.[8] TomCo filed an application for oil shale activities in January 2014.[9][10]
Management
The director, president and chief executive officer of the company is Adolph Lechtenberger. Todd Dana was one of the original founders of Red Leaf Resources and former chief operating officer.
References
- ↑ "Questerre enters oil-shale deal in United States". Reuters. 2011-12-16. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
- ↑ Secure Fuels from Domestic Resources: The Continuing Evolution of America's Oil Shale and Tar Sands Industries (PDF) (4th ed.). United States Department of Energy. 2010. pp. 72–73. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
- ↑ Patten, James W. (April 2007). Red-Leaf Resources. Presentation at the Utah Energy Summit (PDF). Utah Energy Summit. Retrieved 2007-11-11.
- 1 2 O'Donoghue, Amy Joi (2014-01-22). "Fight erupts over uintah basin oil shale mining project, protection of water". Deseret News. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
- ↑ Lewis, Josh (2012-04-19). "Total and Red Leaf team up". Upstream Online. NHST Media Group. (subscription required). Retrieved 2012-04-30.
- ↑ Maffl, Brian (2013-12-20). "Utah OKs nation's first commercial oil shale mine". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
- ↑ Maffl, Brian (2014-01-23). "Utah oil shale mine faces new challenge". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
- ↑ Marshall, Steve (2011-08-23). "TomCo on Utah shale trail". Upstream Online. NHST Media Group. (subscription required). Retrieved 2011-08-23.
- ↑ Maffl, Brian (2014-01-15). "British company jumps into Utah oil shale". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
- ↑ Harmon, Gary (2014-01-19). "Plans progress for Utah oil shale mine". The Daily Sentinel. Retrieved 2014-02-16.