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Record Nr.

UNINA9910220134803321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, Calif., : RAND, c2005

ISBN

9786612282881

1-282-28288-3

0-8330-4100-2

1-60129-025-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (89 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BartisJames T. <1945->

Disciplina

622/.3383/0973

Soggetti

Oil-shales - United States

Oil-shale industry - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"MG-414".

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-68).

Nota di contenuto

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

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.