Improved Techniques for the Extraction of Primary Forms of Energy, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1983 A Seminar of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (Vienna 10–14 November 1980)

The Seminar on Improved Techniques for the Extraction of Primary Forms of Energy was organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) and held at Vienna from 10 to 14 November 1980 at the invitation of the Austrian Government.* Mr. H. Sparker, a Director of the Austrian Mineral-Oil Administration (OeMV) , was elected chairman of the seminar. Mr. V. Zanchev (Bulgaria), Mr. J. Medaets (Belgium) and Mr. S. Doleschall (Hungary) were elected chairmen of working meetings 1, 2 and 3 respectively. At the invitation of the Austrian Mineral-Oil Administration (OeMV), the parti­ cipants inspected the steam-injection installations in the Maustrenk and explora­ tory fields and the oil and gas production facilities in the north Vienna basin. In a statement on behalf of the Austrian Government at the opening meeting, Mr. A. Nussbaumer, Secretary of State, emphasized that remedies for the difficult energy situation depended in the long run on the contribution of scientific and technical research; whence the significance of the seminar. Efforts now in progress must be directed towards more rational use, by means of existing or new techniques, of proved resources of fossil fuels. The participants would, he hoped, devote their discussions to more effective technologies which would enable the recovery factor to be improved with fewer repercussions on the environment. Austria in general, and its Alpine regions in particular, were "rich in poor mineral deposits", and consequently public undertakings, universities and industrial research institutions had a very real interest in the seminar's work.

1. Improved techniques for the extraction of primary forms of energy: A general overview.- 2. Introduction; conclusions and recommendations for further international co-operation.- 3. Consolidated reports.- The role of “Increased efficiency in the extraction of primary forms of energy” within national energy and research and development policies Hydrocarbons.- The role of “Increased efficiency in the extraction of primary forms of energy” within national energy and research and development policies—Solid fuels.- Progress and trends in the development of conventional technologies for the extraction of primary forms of energy — Hydrocarbons.- Progress and trends in the development of conventional technologies for the extraction of primary forms of energy—Solid fuels.- The prospects of using improved and newly developed techniques for exploiting alternative energy sources as a substitute for conventional fossil fuels.- Prospects of new techniques designed for the exploitation of hydrocarbon resources.- Experience in and opportunities for developing international co-operation in the field of improved fossil fuel extraction techniques.- 4. Summary of national papers.- Improved Resource Recovery in Coal Mining—A Global Overview.- Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: State of the Art and Potential.- Recovery of Combustible Material from Spoil Heaps.- Main Trends in Research and Development in Belgium Collieries.- Consolidation of Coal and Strata with Polyurethane in Long-wall.- Recovery of Fuels from Spoil Heaps in the Bassin du Nord and Pas-de-Calais Collieries.- Open-cast Coal Mining in France.- Special Aspects of Underground Coal Gasification in Western Europe.- Limits of Output from fully Mechanized Longwalls.- Surface Mining in Oil-Sands.- Ways and Means to Achieve Higher Recovery of the Deposits in the Lignite Mines of the Köflach District in the Alps.- Economic Mining of the Lignite Deposit Zangtal Unterflöz as Example for Mastering Difficult Geological Conditions in the Alps.- Tertiary Recovery by CO2 Flooding in Hungarian Fields.- Working the Warwickshire Thick Coal.- The Feasibility of Increasing the Recovery Factor from the Nagylengyel Deposit in Hungary by Tertiary Oil Recovery Using Ammonia Injection.- Recovery of Tip Coal in the South Wales Coalfield.- Effective Development of Coal Winning in Bulgaria.- Exploitation of Coal Deposits under Hazardous Conditions.- Exploitation of Crude Oil and Natural Gas Reservoirs in Poland.- Mining of Safety Pillars in Poland as a Rational Element of Energy Reserves Management.- Legal Aspects of the Mineral Deposits Economy.- Improved Economic Method for the Utilization of Wastes from Coal Extraction in Poland.- Status and Further Development of Fracturing Deep and Low-Permeable Gas Reservoirs.- Experience in Sour Gas Production from Depth of 6,000 m.- The Importance of Geological Features in Designing Open-Pit Lignite Exploitations.- The Belgian-German Project for Deep Underground Gasification.- Taking Up and Analysing Workings and Figures for the Evaluation of Functional Interdependences and their Use for Computer-Based Research and Technical/Economical Improvements of Conventional Tunneling Operations at Collieries in the Ruhr-District.- Improvement of Methods of Extracting and Refining Oil Shales and their Technical and Economic Evaluation.- Underground Coal Gasification in the USSR.- Economic Conditions for the Production of Hydrocarbon Feedstock from Bituminous Rocks and Oil Shales.- Economic and Technical Problems of Raising the Oil Recovery Factor of Seams in the USSR.- The Economic Possibilities of Exploiting the World’s Non-Conventional Resources of Natural Hydrocarbons.- Increased Productivity by Improved Cutting Technology.- Status of Work on the Extraction of Bitumens.- Oxidizing Processes.- 4. List of Contributors.