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2345. ---------------. [MURPHREE, E.
V.] Natural Gas, Coal, Oil Shale as Sources of Liquid Fuels. Oil Gas
Jour., vol. 46, No. 49, 1948, pp. 66, 68-70, 95-96.
Statement to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce on the House of Representatives Bill 5475 dated March 5, 1948.
Resources of crude oil and raw materials for synthetic liquid fuels
production in the United States are outlined, and brief descriptions are given
of processing methods. Preliminary
figures are given on possible costs and material requirements for production of
synthetic fuels from natural gas, coal, and oil shale in comparison with
petroleum.
Approximate investments and steel requirements for maximum gasoline production.
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Plant
location.....................
Product
market area..........
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Gulf
coast
Eastern
seaboard
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Western
Pa.
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Colo.-
Calif.1
Calif.
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Raw
material.....................
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Crude
oil
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Natural
gas
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Coal
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Oil
shale
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Gasoline,
% total liquid products.
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87
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90
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89
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87
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Investment,
$ per bbl. per day, gasoline.
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6,500
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8,200
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8,500
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8,400
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Steel
requirement ton per bbl. per day, gasoline.
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7.8
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7.9
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5.2
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7.4
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1 Shale mined and
retorted in Colorado. Raw shale oil transported by pipeline to California for
refining.
Approximate
cost of gasoline for maximum gasoline production
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Crude
oil
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Natural
gas
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Coal
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Oil
shale
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Raw-material
charge, assumed or estimated.
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$2.78
per bbl.1
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$0.10
per M cu. ft.2
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$3.20
per ton
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$1.00
per ton
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Gasoline
cost, cents per gal.:
Raw material...................
Manufacturing less
credits...........................
Production, transporta-
tion................................
Total including 15%
capital charges
Effect
of increase in raw-
material charge.
Effect
of 10% capital charge on investment in:
Manufacturing..................
Manufacturing
and mining.
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8.81
4.3
1.0
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14.1
$1.00
per bbl. adds $0.032 per gal.
$0.016
per gal.
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2.92
8.9
1.0
_____
12.8
$0.10
per M cu. ft. adds $0.029 per gal.
$0.037
per gal.
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3.9
12.7
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16.6
$1.00
per ton adds $0.012 per gal.
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$0.056
per gal.
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4.2
11.8
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16.0
$1.00
per ton adds $0.042 per gal.
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$0.055
per gal.
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1 Price delivered to refinery.
2 Price in field after gathering.
Approximate investments and steel requirements for maximum middle-distillate
production
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Plant
location.....................
Product
market area..........
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Gulf
coast
Eastern
seaboard
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Western
Pa.
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Colo.-
Calif.
Calif.
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Raw
material.....................
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Crude
oil
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Natural
gas
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Coal
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Oil
Shale
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Investment
$ per bbl. per
day, total oil
products......
Steel
requirements, ton
per bbl. per day...............
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4,300
5.7
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7,400
7.1
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7,600
4.6
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6,100
5.7
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