UID:
almahu_9949576897602882
Format:
1 online resource (89 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9786612282881
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1-282-28288-3
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0-8330-4100-2
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1-60129-025-X
Content:
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.
Note:
"MG-414".
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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
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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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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8330-3848-6
Language:
English
