A method for recovering hydrocarbon liquids and gases from a permeable body of mined hydrocarbonaceous material held within a constructed permeability control infrastructure that is formed above-grade either within a pit or as a free standing structure that uses only existing grade as a floor with side walls being man-made and which defines an encapsulated volume, said method comprising: constructing a permeability control impoundment wherein the impoundment walls (102, 104), ceilings, floors and other contours defining the encapsulated volume are substantially continuous such that the impoundment defines the encapsulated volume sufficiently to prevent substantial movement of fluids into or out of the impoundment other than via defined by inlets and outlets, the top plan surface area of the impoundment ranges from 2023.43 to 20234.30 m 2 (one half acre to five acres); introducing a mined hydrocarbonaceous material comprising oil shale, tar sands, coal, lignite, bitumen, peat, or combinations thereof into the control infrastructure by way of low compaction conveying to form a permeable body of hydrocarbonaceous material having a void space that is between 10% to 40% of a total volume of the permeable body; wherein a plurality of conduits (118, 124, 126) is embedded within the permeable body, the conduits are oriented ab initio, or prior to embedding in the permeable body such that they are not-drilled and the conduits are assembled in the desired predetermined pathways contemporaneous with filing the infrastructure with the mined hydrocarbonaceous material and wherein the conduits pass through walls of the constructed infrastructure at various points, and wherein the conduits can be used as heating pipes, cooling pipes, heat transfer pipes, drainage pipes or gas pipes; wherein at least a portion of the conduits are dedicated to heating of the permeable body; heating the permeable body sufficient to remove hydrocarbons therefrom by injecting heated gases into the control infrastructure such that the permeable body is primarily heated via convection as the heated gases pass throughout the permeable body; and wherein the impoundment floor and wall construction comprises a stepped up or stepped down slope or bench such that floor levelling and containment wall construction can typically drain or slope to one side or to a specific central gathering area(s) for removal of fluids by gravity drainage assistance. constructing a permeability control impoundment wherein the impoundment walls (102, 104), ceilings, floors and other contours defining the encapsulated volume are substantially continuous such that the impoundment defines the encapsulated volume sufficiently to prevent substantial movement of fluids into or out of the impoundment other than via defined by inlets and outlets, the top plan surface area of the impoundment ranges from 2023.43 to 20234.30 m 2 (one half acre to five acres); introducing a mined hydrocarbonaceous material comprising oil shale, tar sands, coal, lignite, bitumen, peat, or combinations thereof into the control infrastructure by way of low compaction conveying to form a permeable body of hydrocarbonaceous material having a void space that is between 10% to 40% of a total volume of the permeable body; wherein a plurality of conduits (118, 124, 126) is embedded within the permeable body, the conduits are oriented ab initio, or prior to embedding in the permeable body such that they are not-drilled and the conduits are assembled in the desired predetermined pathways contemporaneous with filing the infrastructure with the mined hydrocarbonaceous material and wherein the conduits pass through walls of the constructed infrastructure at various points, and wherein the conduits can be used as heating pipes, cooling pipes, heat transfer pipes, drainage pipes or gas pipes; wherein at least a portion of the conduits are dedicated to heating of the permeable body; heating the permeable body sufficient to remove hydrocarbons therefrom by injecting heated gases into the control infrastructure such that the permeable body is primarily heated via convection as the heated gases pass throughout the permeable body; and wherein the impoundment floor and wall construction comprises a stepped up or stepped down slope or bench such that floor levelling and containment wall construction can typically drain or slope to one side or to a specific central gathering area(s) for removal of fluids by gravity drainage assistance.