Oil shale development in the United States : prospects and policy issues / / James T. Bartis ... [et al.].

A 450-character abstract. In this report, the authors describe oil shale resources; suitability, cost, and performance of new technologies; and key policy issues that need to be addressed by government decision makers in the near future.

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Year of Publication:2005
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (89 p.)
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505 0 |a Cover; Preface; Figures and Table; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction; About This Study; Contents of This Report; Chapter Two - The U.S. Oil Shale Resource Base; Oil Shale Resources in Place; Recoverable Resources in the Green River Formation; Resource Ownership; Chapter Three - Oil Shale Technologies; Mining and Surface Retorting; In-Situ Retorting; Thermally Conductive In-Situ Conversion; Timeline for Oil Shale Development; Chapter Four - The Strategic Significance of Oil Shale; Direct Benefits of Domestic Oil Shale Production 
505 8 |a Reductions in the World Price of OilEnhanced National Security; Confounding or Inconclusive Arguments; Summary; Chapter Five - Critical Policy Issues for Oil Shale Development; Environmental and Social Impacts; Constraints to Strategically Significant Production; Chapter Six - The Development Path for Oil Shale; Business as Usual; Toward Industrial Development; Appendix - Cost Estimation Methodology and Assumptions; Bibliography 
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