Agapito Associates LLC
Mining, Civil Engineers & Geologists Mining, Civil Engineers & Geologists Mining, Civil Engineers & Geologists Mining, Civil Engineers & Geologists
  • Home
  • About Agapito
    • Client List
    • Contact
    • Employment
    • News
    • Personnel
  • Mining Engineering
    • Highwall Mining
    • Stone Mining
    • Surface Mining
    • Underground Mining
  • Solution Mining
  • Underground Storage
  • Project Feasibility
    • Due Diligence
    • Feasibility
    • Geology
    • Ground Control
    • Resource / Reserve
    • Scoping
    • Subsidence
    • Underground Civil Engineering
    • Ventilation Engineering
  • Rock Mechanics
    • Instrumentation
    • Laboratory Testing
    • Modeling
    • Stress Measurements
  • Home
  • About Agapito
    • Client List
    • Contact
    • Employment
    • News
    • Personnel
  • Mining Engineering
    • Highwall Mining
    • Stone Mining
    • Surface Mining
    • Underground Mining
  • Solution Mining
  • Underground Storage
  • Project Feasibility
    • Due Diligence
    • Feasibility
    • Geology
    • Ground Control
    • Resource / Reserve
    • Scoping
    • Subsidence
    • Underground Civil Engineering
    • Ventilation Engineering
  • Rock Mechanics
    • Instrumentation
    • Laboratory Testing
    • Modeling
    • Stress Measurements

Oil Shale

Home / Oil Shale
ExxonMobile Colony Mine—Rifle, Colorado

ExxonMobile Colony Mine—Rifle, Colorado

Oil Shale

C-b Tract, Off-gas Shaft—Piceance Creek Basin, Colorado

C-b Tract, Off-gas Shaft—Piceance Creek Basin, Colorado

Oil Shale

Occidental Oil Shale This project involved a proposed in-situ retort oil shale mine located in Piceance Creek Basin, Rio Blanco County, Colorado.  The scope of work included:  (1) prepare a mine [...]

Shell Oil Company—Piceance Basin, Colorado, USA

Shell Oil Company—Piceance Basin, Colorado, USA

Oil Shale

AAI personnel performed a hydrological assessment as part of geotechnical characterization studies in support of preliminary mining evaluations of tracts C-11 and C-18.  Field measurements of [...]

Colony Mine—Parachute, Colorado, USA

Colony Mine—Parachute, Colorado, USA

Oil Shale, Project Summaries: Stress Measurements

ExxonMobil—Upstream Research Company Since 2007, AAI has mobilized drilling equipment to the Upstream Research Company’s (URC) Colony Mine ten times for a variety of tasks.  Core drilling [...]

AMSO’s Novel Approach to In-Situ Oil Shale Recovery

AMSO’s Novel Approach to In-Situ Oil Shale Recovery

Oil Shale

Oil Shale:  A Solution to the Liquid Fuel Dilemma, ACS Symposium Series 1032, American Chemical Society 2010 Authors: Alan K. Burnham and Roger L. Day (American Shale Oil, LLC), Michael P. Hardy [...]

Pillar Design in Underground Oil Shale Mines

Pillar Design in Underground Oil Shale Mines

Oil Shale, Publications: Underground Mining

Design Methods in Rock Mechanics, Proceedings of the 16th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, September 1975 Authors: M. P. Hardy and J. F. T. Agapito (Golder [...]

Performance Characteristics of Large-Capacity Face Ventilation Systems for Oil Shale Mining

Performance Characteristics of Large-Capacity Face Ventilation Systems for Oil Shale Mining

Oil Shale, Publications: Ventilation Engineering

U.S. Bureau of Mines, RI-9006, 1985 Authors: E. D. Thimons (USBM), and C. E. Brechtel, M. E. Adams, and J. F. T. Agapito (AAI) The performance of two large-capacity ventilation systems was [...]

Leakage Testing of Large Ventilation Control Structures for Room-and-Pillar Oil Shale Mining

Leakage Testing of Large Ventilation Control Structures for Room-and-Pillar Oil Shale Mining

Oil Shale, Publications: Ventilation Engineering

3rd Mine Ventilation Symposium, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, October 1987 Authors: M. E. Adam (Tenn-Luttrell, Inc.), C. E. Brechtel and J. F. T. Agapito (AAI), [...]

Horizontal Stresses as Indicators of Roof Stability

Horizontal Stresses as Indicators of Roof Stability

Coal, Gold, Industrial Minerals, Longwall Mining, Metals, Oil Shale, Publications: Rock Mechanics, Publications: Stress Measurements, Trona/Soda Ash

2002 SME Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, 25–27 February 2002 Authors: J. F. T. Agapito and L. J. Gilbride (AAI) High horizontal stresses were recognized to impact roof stability more than 60 [...]

Development of a Dry Exhaust Conditioner for Large Diesel Equipment

Development of a Dry Exhaust Conditioner for Large Diesel Equipment

Oil Shale, Publications: Ventilation Engineering

SME Annual Meeting and Exhibit, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 1989 Authors: L. A. Weakly (Exxon Company), C. E. Brechtel (AAI), N. Paas (Mine Craft, Inc.), and R. A. Skrabak (MSHA) The requirement [...]

Computer Simulation of Face Ventilation to Dilute High Methane Concentrations Developed by Blasting Oil Shale

Computer Simulation of Face Ventilation to Dilute High Methane Concentrations Developed by Blasting Oil Shale

Oil Shale, Publications: Ventilation Engineering

Bureau of Mines, Report of Investigations 9219 Authors: C. E. Brechtel (AAI) and E. D. Thimons (USBM) Cooperative research efforts by the Bureau of Mines and Agapito & Associates, Inc., Grand [...]

ABOUT US

With our geologic field services, testing facility, and experienced mining engineers, geologists and technical staff, we can provide a seamless interface from sample collection and testing to design and construction management. Detailed information on Agapito’s capabilities, highly qualified staff, and past projects is available throughout the website. Read More

Active Project Locations

Contact us
Copyright © 2000-2025 Agapito Associates LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Contact Us

Send us an email and we'll get back to you asap.

Not readable? Change text. captcha txt