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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824211303321

Titolo

Oil shale developments [[electronic resource] /] / Ike S. Bussell, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2009

ISBN

1-61122-486-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Collana

Energy science, engineering and technology series

Altri autori (Persone)

BussellIke S

Disciplina

622.33830973

Soggetti

Oil-shale industry

Oil-shales

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""OIL SHALE DEVELOPMENTS""; ""OIL SHALE DEVELOPMENTS ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""STATEMENT OF C. STEPHEN ALLRED, LAND AND MINERALS MANAGEMENT, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, OVERSIGHT HEARING: OIL SHALE, SENATE ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE,MAY 15, 2008 ""; ""OIL SHALE PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT""; ""OIL SHALE REGULATIONS  ""; ""RD&D ""; ""THE CASE FOR OIL SHALE ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""TESTIMONY OF JAMES V. HANSEN, OIL SHALE EXPLORATION COMPANY (OSEC), MAY 15, 2008, SENATE ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE""; ""US OIL SHALE RESOURCE ""

""ELSEWHERE WORLDWIDE """"PAST US EFFORTS ""; ""CURRENT US PROGRAMS ""; ""OSEC AS AN EXAMPLE ""; ""NEED FOR A FEDERAL OIL SHALE PROGRAM ""; ""DOMENICI BILL ""; ""TESTIMONY OF TERRY O'CONNOR, EXTERNAL AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS, SHELL EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION COMPANY, UNCONVENTIONAL OIL, BEFORE THE UNITED STATES SENATE ENERGY COMMITTEE, MAY 15, 2008 ""; ""BILL RITTER, JR., GOVERNOR OF COLORADO, TESTIMONY BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES, OVERSIGHT HEARING: OIL SHALE RESOURCES,  ""; ""BACKGROUND PRINCIPLES ""; ""COLORADO'S OIL SHALE COUNTRY ""

""MOVING FORWARD WISELY ON OIL SHALE""""COLORADO PERSPECTIVES ON PENDING OIL SHALE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS""; ""American Energy Production Act, S. 2958 ""; ""Oil Shale and Tar Sands Leasing Act of 2008, S. 221 ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""ATTACHMENTS ""; ""STATEMENT OF



STEVE SMITH, THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY, BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES UNITED STATES SENATE, REGARDING OIL SHALE DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH, MAY 15, 2008 ""; ""DEVELOPMENTS IN OIL SHALE* ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""BACKGROUND ""; ""OIL SHALE RESOURCE POTENTIAL ""; ""CHALLENGES TO DEVELOPMENT ""

""Competition with Regional Resources """"Supply and Disposition ""; ""Processing ""; ""Carbon Emissions""; ""Water""; ""Defense Fuels""; ""Restrictions to Leasing ""; ""COMMERCIAL LEASING PROGRAM""; ""RD&D Program ""; ""OSEC ""; ""Chevron ""; ""EGL""; ""Shell ""; ""Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement ""; ""Colorado[41]""; ""Mineral Leasing Act Amendments ""; ""Commercial Lease Sale and Royalty Rates ""; ""Proposed Leasing Rules ""; ""Proposed Royalties ""; ""Private Lease Terms""; ""CONCLUSION AND POLICY PERSPECTIVE""; ""REFERENCES ""

""GEOLOGY AND RESOURCES OF SOME WORLD OIL-SHALE DEPOSITS""""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""RECOVERABLE RESOURCES""; ""DETERMINING GRADE OF OIL SHALE ""; ""ORIGIN OF ORGANIC MATTER ""; ""THERMAL MATURITY OF ORGANIC MATTER ""; ""CLASSIFICATION OF OIL SHALE ""; ""EVALUATION OF OIL-SHALE RESOURCES ""; ""AUSTRALIA ""; ""Torbanite ""; ""Tasmanite ""; ""Toolebuc Oil Shale ""; ""Eastern Queensland ""; ""BRAZIL ""; ""Paraba Valley ""; ""Irat Formation ""; ""CANADA""; ""New Brunswick Oil Shale ""; ""CHINA""; ""Fushun ""; ""Maoming ""; ""ESTONIA""; ""Dictyonema Shale""; ""ISRAEL ""; ""JORDAN""

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