ABSTRACT
This chapter presents data on the macromolecular structure of the parent oil shale, demineralized kerogen, and bitumen from three sections of an oil shale core, Skyline 16, drilled in eastern Utah’s Uinta Basin. The nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analysis presented here is the most advanced technique available for analyzing macromolecular structure. For the rst
CONTENTS
5.1 Background ...................................................................................................88 5.1.1 Oil Shales ..........................................................................................88 5.1.2 Characterization by NMR .............................................................. 89 5.1.3 Characterization by XPS .................................................................90 5.1.4 Modeling Chemical Structure of Oil Shale ..................................90
