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T28 "Santa Cruz, California, Field Test of the Lins Method for the Recovery of Oil from Sand-Memorandum re: tests", 1955 vol. 3, (256 pages) English.

T29 Helander, R.E., "Santa Cruz, California, Field Test of Carbon Steel Burner Casings for the Lins Method of Oil Recovery", 1959 (38 pages) English.

T30 Helander et al., Santa Cruz, California, Field Test of Fluidized Bed Burners for the Lins Method of Oil Recovery 1959, (86 pages) English.

T31 SSAB report, "Bradford Residual Oil, Afhabasa Ft. McMurray"

1951, (207 pages), partial translation.

T32 "Lins Burner Test Results-English" 1959-1960.

T37 SSAB report, "Assessment of Future Mining Alternatives of

Shale and Dolomite," 1962, (59 pages) Swedish.

T38 SSAB report. "Kartong 2 Shale: Ljungstromsanlaggningen"

(104 pages) Swedish.

T40 Saab report, "Swedish Geological Survey Report, Plan to Delineate Oil shale Resource in Narkes Area (near Kvarntorp)," 1941 (13 pages). Swedish.

T41 SAAB report, "Recovery Efficiency," 1941, (61 pages). Swedish.

T42 SAAB report, "Geologic Work Conducted to Assess Possibility of Expanding Shale Mining Area in Kvarntorp; Drilling Results, Seismic Results," 1942 (79 pages). Swedish. T43 SSAB report, "Ojematinigar vid Norrtorp," 1945 (141 pages). T44 SSAB report, "Inhopplingschema, Norrtorp II20/3-17/8", 1945 (50 pages). Swedish.

T45 SSAB report, "Secondary Recovery after LINS," 1945 (78 pages).

T46 SSAB report, "Maps and Diagrams, Geology," 1947 (137 pages). Swedish.

T47 SSAB report, Styrehseprotoholl, 1943 (10 pages). Swedish. T48 SSAB report, "Early Shale Retorting Trials" 1951-1952, (134 pages). Swedish.

T49 SSAB report, "Analysis of Lujunstrom Oil and its Use as Liquid
Fuel," Thesis by E. Pals, 1949 (83 pages). Swedish.
T50 SSAB report, "Environmental Sulphur and Effect on Vegeta-
tion," 1951 (50 pages). Swedish.

T51 SSAB report, "Tar Sands", vol. 135 1953 (20 pages, pp. 12-15 translated). Swedish.

T52 SSAB report, "Assessment of Skanes Area (Southern Sweden)
Shales as Fuel Source," 1954 (54 pages). Swedish.
T53 SSAB report, "From as Utre Dn Text Geology Reserves," 1960
(93 pages). Swedish.

T54 SSAB report, "Kvarntorps-Environmental Area Asessment," 1981 (50 pages). Swedish.

AA21 "IEEE Recommended Practice for Electrical Impedance, Induction, and Skin Effect Heating of Pipelines and Vessels," IEEE Std. 844-200, 2000; 6 pages.

T33 SSAB "Annual Reports, SSAB Laboratory, Address Annually Issues-ShaleandAsh, Oil Gas, Wastewater, Analytical," 1953-1954, 166 pages. (Swedish).

T36 SSAB report, "Cost Comparison of Mining and Processing of Shale and Dolomite Using Various Production Alternatives", 1960; 64 pages. (Swedish).

Raad et al., "Converter-Fed Subsea Motor Drives", Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on vol. 32, Issue 5, Sep.-Oct. 1996 pp. 1069-1079.

Boggs, "The Case for Frequency Domain PD Testing In The Context Of Distribution Cable", Electrical Insulation Magazine, IEEE, vol.

19, Issue 4, Jul.-Aug. 2003, pp. 13-19.

"Refining Processess 2000, Hydrocarbon Processing, Gulf Publishing Co. pp. 87-142de Product" filed Apr. 7, 2006. Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/585,302 entitled "Temperature Limited Heater With a Conduit substantially electrically isolated from the formation" filed Oct. 20, 2006, available in Pair. Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/584,804 entitled "Varying Heating in Dawsonite Zones in Hydrocarbon Containing Formations" filed Oct.

20, 2006, available in Pair.

Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/788,863 entitled "Temperature Limited Heaters Using Phase Transformation of Ferromagnetic Material" filed Apr. 20, 2007; available in Pair.

Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/788,826 entitled "Welding Shield for Coupling Heaters" filed Apr. 20, 2007; available in Pair. Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/788,863 entitled "Temperature Limited Heaters Using Phase Transformation of Ferromagnetic Material" filed Apr. 20, 2007; available in Pair.

Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/788,859 entitled "Time Sequenced Heating of Multiple Layers in a Hydrocarbon Containing Formation" filed Apr. 20, 2007; available in Pair.

BB15. "Frozen Soil Barrier" U.S. Dept. of Energy, Innovative Technology Summary Report, DOE/EM-0483, Oct. 1999, 27 pages. Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/788,772 entitled "Methods of Producing Transportation Fuel" filed Apr. 20, 2007; available in Pair. Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/788,822 entitled "Power Systems Utilizing the Heat of Produced Formation Fluid" filed Apr. 20, 2007; available in Pair.

Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/788,861 entitled "Power Systems Utilizing the Heat of Produced Formation Fluid" filed Apr. 20, 2007; available in Pair.

Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/788,858 entitled "High Strength

Alloys" filed Apr. 20, 2007; available in Pair.

Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/788,871 entitled "Non-Ferromagnetic

Overburden Casing" filed Apr. 20, 2007; available in Pair.

Swatzell et al. "Frozen Soil Barrier Technology" U.S. Dept. Of

Energy, Innovative Technology Summary Report, Apr. 1995, 32

pages.

Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/788,868 entitled "Alternate Energy Source Usage for in Situ Heat" filed Apr. 20, 2007 available in Pair. Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/975,714 entitled "Wax Barrier for Use With In Situ Processes for Treating Formations" filed Oct. 20, 2007; available in Pair.

Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/975,676 entitled "Heating Tar Sands Formations to Visbreaking Temperatures" filed Oct. 20, 2007 available in Pair.

Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/975,713 entitled "Heating Tar Sands Formations While Controlling Pressure" filed Oct. 20, 2007; available in Pair.

Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/975,737 entitled "Condensing Vaporized Water In Situ to Treat Tar Sands Formations" filed Oct. 20,2007; available in Pair.

Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/975,679 entitled "Moving Hydrocarbons Through Portions of Tar Sands Formations" filed Oct. 20,20067 available in Pair.

Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/975,700 entitled "Treating Tar Sands Formations With Karsted Zones" filed Oct. 20, 2007; available in Pair.

Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/975,677 entitled "Treating Tar Sands Formations With Dolomite" to Vinegar et al., filed Oct. 20, 2007; available in Pair.

Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/975,689 entitled "Creating and Maintaining a Gas Cap in Tar Sands Formations" to Stegemeier et al.,filed Oct. 20, 2007; available in Pair.

Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/975,738 entitled "Creating Fluid Injectivity in Tar Sands Formations" filed Oct. 20, 2007; available in Pair.

Co-pending U.S. Patent Application N7. U.S. Appl. No. 11/975,712 entitled "Producing Drive Fluid In Situ in Tar Sands Formations" filed Oct. 20, 2006; available in Pair.

Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/975,712 entitled "Producing Drive Fluid In Situ in Tar Sands Formations" filed Oct. 20, 2007; available in Pair.

Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/975,688 entitled "Heating Hydrocarbon Containing Formations in a Line Drive Staged" filed Oct. 20, 2006; available in PAI7.

Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/975,691 entitled "Heating Hydrocarbon Containing Formations in a Checkerboard Pattern Staged Process" filed Oct. 20, 2007; available in Pair.

Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/975,701 entitled "Heating Hydrocarbon Containing Formations in a Spiral Startup Staged Sequence" filed Oct. 20, 2007; available in Pair.

Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/975,736 entitled "Using Geothermal Energy to Heat a Portion of a Formation for an In Situ Heat Treatment Process" filed Oct. 20, 2007; available in Pair.

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Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/975,678 entitled "Gas Injection to Inhibit Migration During an In Situ Heat Treatment Process" filed Oct. 20, 2007; available in Pair.

Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/975,690 entitled "In Situ Heat Treatment Process Utilizing a Closed Loop Heating System" filed Oct. 20, 2007; available in Pair.

Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/975,724 entitled "In Situ Heat Treatment Process Utilizing Oxidizers to Heat a Subsurface Formation" filed Oct. 20, 2007; available in Pair.

Beal, C. "The Viscosity of Air, Water, Natural Gas, Crude Oil and Its Associated Gases at Oil Field Temperatures and Pressures" TP 2018 in Petroleum Technology, Mar. 1946, pp. 94-115. Cary, J. W., Mayland, H. F., "Salt and Water Movement in Unsaturated Frozen Soil" Soil Science Society of America, Proceedings, Jul.-Aug. 1972, vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 549-555.

Dash, J. G. "Thermomolecular Pressure in Surface Melting: Motivation for Frost Heave" Science, Dec. 22, 1989, vol. 246, pp. 15911593.

Gross et al. "Recent Experimental Work on Solute Redistribution at the Ice/Water Interface. Implications for Electrical Properties and Interface Process" J. de Physique Colloque C1, supplement au No. 3, vol. 48, Mar. 1987, pp. C1-527-C1529.

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Harris, J.S. "Ground Freezing in Practice" Telford, 1995, pp. 1-264.
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Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites" U.S. Army Corp of Engineers
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of Petroleum Engineers, 1967, pp. 1-172.

Sanger, F. J. "Ground Freezing in Construction" J. Proceedings of the
American Society of Civil Engineers, Jan. 1968, pp. 131-156.
Some Effects of Pressure on Oil-Shale Retorting, Society of Petro-
leum Engineers Journal, J.H. Bae, Sep. 1969; pp. 287-292.
New in situ shale-oil recovery process uses hot natural gas; The Oil &
Gas Journal; May 16, 1966, p. 151.

Evaluation of Downhole Electric Impedance Heating Systems for Paraffin Control in Oil Wells; Industry Applications Society 37th Annual Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., Bosch et al., Sep. 1990, pp. 223-227.

New System Stops Paraffin Build-up; Petroleum Engineer, Eastlund etal., Jan. 1989, (3 pages).

Oil Shale Retorting: Effects of Particle Size and Heating Rate on Oil Evolution and Intraparticle Oil Degradation; Campbell et al. In Situ 2(1), 1978, pp. 1-47.

Molecular Mechanism of Oil Shale Pyrolysis in Nitrogen and Hydrogen Atmospheres, Hershkowitz et al.; Geochemistry and Chemistry of Oil Shales, American Chemical Society, May 1983 pp. 301-316. The Characteristics of a Low Temperature in Situ Shale Oil; George Richard Hill & Paul Dougan, Quarterly of the Colorado School of Mines, 1967; pp. 75-90.

Direct Production Of A Low Pour Point High Gravity Shale Oil; Hill et al., I & EC Product Research and Development, 6(1), Mar. 1967; pp. 52-59.

The Benefits of In Situ Upgrading Reactions to the Integrated Operations of the Orinoco Heavy-Oil Fields and Downstream Facilities, Myron Kuhlman, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Jun. 2000; pp. 1-14.

Monitoring Oil Shale Retorts by Off-Gas Alkene/Alkane Ratios,
John H. Raley, Fuel, vol. 59, Jun. 1980, pp. 419-424.
The Shale Oil Question, Old and New Viewpoints, A Lecture in the
Engineering Science Academy, Dr. Fredrik Ljungstrom, Feb. 23,
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Underground Shale Oil Pyrolysis According to the Ljungstroem
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Oil Shale, Yen et al., Developments in Petroleum Science 5,1976, pp. 187-189, 197-198.

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Geochemistry and Pyrolysis of Oil Shales, Tissot et al., Geochemistry and Chemistry of Oil Shales, American Chemical Society, 1983, pp. 1-11.

A Possible Mechanism of Alkene/Alkane Production, Burnham et al., Oil Shale, Tar Sands, and Related Materials, American Chemical Society, 1981, pp. 79-92.

The Ljungstroem In-Situ Method of Shale Oil Recovery, G. Salomonsson, Oil Shale and Cannel Coal, vol. 2, Proceedings of the Second Oil Shale and Cannel Coal Conference, Institute of Petroleum, 1951, London, pp. 260-280.

Developments in Technology for Green River Oil Shale, G.U. Dinneen, United Nations Symposium on the Development and Utilization of Oil Shale Resources, Laramie Petroleum Research Center, Bureau of Mines, 1968, pp. 1-20.

The Thermal and Structural Properties of a Hanna Basin Coal, R.E. Glass, Transactions of the ASME, vol. 106, Jun. 1984, pp. 266-271. On the Mechanism of Kerogen Pyrolysis, Alan K. Burnham & James A. Happe, Jan. 10, 1984 (17 pages).

Comparison of Methods for Measuring Kerogen Pyrolysis Rates and Fitting Kinetic Parameters, Burnham et al., Mar. 23, 1987, (29 pages).

Further Comparison of Methods for Measuring Kerogen Pyrolysis Rates and Fitting Kinetic Parameters, Burnham et al., Sep. 1987, (16 pages).

Shale Oil Cracking Kinetics and Diagnostics, Bissell et al., Nov. 1983, (27 pages).

Mathematical Modeling of Modified In Situ and Aboveground Oil

Shale Retorting, Robert L. Braun, Jan. 1981 (45 pages).

Progress Report on Computer Model for In Situ Oil Shale Retorting,

R.L. Braun & R.C.Y. Chin, Jul. 14, 1977 (34 pages).

Chemical Kinetics and Oil Shale Process Design, Alan K. Burnham,

Jul. 1993 (16 pages).

Reaction Kinetics and Diagnostics for Oil Shale Retorting, Alan K. Burnham, Oct. 19, 1981 (32 pages).

Reaction Kinetics Between Steam and Oil Shale Char, A.K. Burnham, Oct. 1978 (8 pages).

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PCT "International Search Report and Written Opinion" for International Application No. PCT/US07/09741, mailed, Aug. 28, 2008; 12 pages.

PCT "International Search Report and Written Opinion" for International Application No. PCT/US07/81890, mailed, Sep. 2, 2008; 11 pages.

PCT "International Search Report and Written Opinion" for International Application No. PCT/US07/81905, mailed, Aug. 27, 2008; 9 pages.

PCT "International Search Report and Written Opinion" for International Application No. PCT/US07/22376, mailed, Aug. 22, 2008; 10 pages.

PCT "International Search Report and Written Opinion" for International Application No. PCT/US08/60757, mailed, Aug. 22, 2008; 7 pages.

PCT "International Search Report and Written Opinion" for International Application No. PCT/US08/60754, mailed, Aug. 21, 2008; 7 pages.

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PCT "International Search Report and Written Opinion" for International Application No. PCT/US08/60748, mailed, Aug. 22, 2008; 7 pages.

PCT "International Search Report and Written Opinion" for International Application No. PCT/US08/60746, mailed, Jul. 18, 2008; 7 pages.

PCT "International Search Report and Written Opinion" for International Application No. PCT/US07/81910, mailed , Aug. 7, 2008; 8 pages.

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PCT "International Search Report and Written Opinion" for International Application No. PCT/US06/15142, mailed , Jul. 21, 2008; 10 pages.

PCT "International Search Report and Written Opinion" for International Application No. PCT/US08/60750, mailed , Aug. 18, 2008;7 pages.

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