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THE ENPEX PROJECT: PRODUCTION AND UPGRADING OF SOUTH TEXAS TAR SANDS
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The ENPEX project comprises the production and upgrading of heavy crude San Miguel tar in an integrated facility designed to produce a syncrude or clean fuel products. The project utilizes fluidized bed coal combustion to produce high pressure steam (2500 psi) for steam flooding of fifty feet of San Miguel net pay located at a depth of approximately 1,800 feet. ENPEX has successfully utilized CONOCO's FAST technology to produce over 16,000 barrels of crude San Miguel tar in the world's first major steam flood project to be fueled entirely by coal. Currently the produced tar from the project must be blended with a lighter oil for transport from the site and refining by the Gulf Coast refiners. Future plans for the project include long term operations, utilizing a multipattern steam flood, with support from the U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation as per the SFC/ENPEX Four Corners Agreement of July, 1984. ENPEX has designed a fully integrated production and refining plant utilizing CONOCO's fast technology for production of between 5,000 and 20,000 barrels per day of tar, and CE Lummus'LC-FINING hydrocracking technology for the production of syncrude from the native tar.

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CitationRichard H. Hertzberg ---- Roy Long, THE ENPEX PROJECT: PRODUCTION AND UPGRADING OF SOUTH TEXAS TAR SANDS, 2016-09-29, https://edx.netl.doe.gov/dataset/the-enpex-project-production-and-upgrading-of-south-texas-tar-sands
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Poc EmailRoy.long@netl.doe.gov
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Publication Date1985-3-29
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