industry oil shale industry headquarters salt lake city united states key people adolph lechtenberger ceo ezra hunt cfo website redleafinc.com red leaf resources inc is an oil shale company based in salt lake city utah united states . it is a developer of the shale oil extraction technology ecoshale in capsule process . the company is affiliated with questerre energy . 1 contents 1 technology 2 operations 3 management 4 references 5 external links technology edit in the red leaf resources ecoshale in capsule process a hot gas is generated by burning natural gas or pyrolysis gas . generated hot gas is then circulated through oil shale rubble using sets of parallel pipes . the heat is transferred to the shale through the pipe walls rather than being injected directly into the rubble thereby avoiding dilution of the product hydrocarbons with the heating gas . the oil shale rubble is enclosed by a low cost earthen impoundment structure to prevent environmental contamination and to provide easier and more rapid reclamation after the extraction process is finished . heat from the spent shale is recovered for enhancing the process s energy efficiency by passing cool gas through pipes and then using it for preheating adjacent capsules . 2 3 operations edit red leaf resources controls oil shale leases covering about 17 000 acres 69 km2 on state of utah school and institutional trust lands in seep ridge utah . the acreage represents about 1.1 billion barrels 170 million cubic metres of shale oil . its 2009 pilot project produced more than 300 barrels 48 m3 of oil . 4 in 2012 red leaf resources formed a joint venture with total s.a. to launch commercial scale production of 9 800 barrels per day 1 560 m3 d utilizing the ecoshale in capsule process on oil shale leaseholds in utah s uintah basin . 5 in december 2013 the ground water permit was issued for the oil shale mine and shale oil plant . 6 7 red leaf plans to be producing 300 000 barrels 48 000 m3 of oil by the end of 2015 . 4 in 2011 red leaf resources signed a licence agreement with tomco energy allowing the latter to use the ecoshale technology for developing the holliday block in utah . 8 tomco filed an application for oil shale activities in january 2014 . 9 10 management edit the director president and chief executive officer of the company is adolph lechtenberger . todd dana was one of the original founders of red leaf resources and former chief operating officer . references edit questerre enters oil shale deal in united states . reuters . 2011 12 16 . retrieved 2014 04 23 . secure fuels from domestic resources the continuing evolution of america s oil shale and tar sands industries pdf 4th ed . . united states department of energy . 2010 . pp. 72 73 . retrieved 2011 05 06 . patten james w. april 2007 . red leaf resources . presentation at the utah energy summit pdf . utah energy summit . retrieved 2007 11 11 . a b o donoghue amy joi 2014 01 22 . fight erupts over uintah basin oil shale mining project protection of water . deseret news . retrieved 2014 02 16 . lewis josh 2012 04 19 . total and red leaf team up . upstream online . nhst media group . subscription required . retrieved 2012 04 30 . maffl brian 2013 12 20 . utah oks nation s first commercial oil shale mine . the salt lake tribune . retrieved 2014 02 16 . maffl brian 2014 01 23 . utah oil shale mine faces new challenge . the salt lake tribune . retrieved 2014 02 16 . marshall steve 2011 08 23 . tomco on utah shale trail . upstream online . nhst media group . subscription required . retrieved 2011 08 23 . maffl brian 2014 01 15 . british company jumps into utah oil shale . the salt lake tribune . retrieved 2014 02 16 . harmon gary 2014 01 19 . plans progress for utah oil shale mine . the daily sentinel . retrieved 2014 02 16 . external links edit company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title red leaf resources & oldid 647726948 categories oil companies of the united statesoil shale companiesoil shale technologyhidden categories pages containing links to subscription only content navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 18 february 2015 at 16 26 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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