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<br />72 316 ;;\;EDI DAM AND RESERVOIR, COLO.
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<br />Oilltha16 water requirements
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<br />fAcre-feet per ;""JJ']
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<br />lClti.) 1970 }'jiS
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<br />1.31.10 'l7.{l[l(} :1.,2,1100
<br />55(1 ll.flllll 93.000
<br />;[.0 Ill. nUll I~,ll. tl4Hl
<br />5,(jIJlJ '1lJ,ono 250,100
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<br />I Xt'gligibl~.
<br />Development pattem
<br />Bcetluse of t,lle t.ime needed to dcsi~n and build t.he first production
<br />fllCj]jtY1 it is doubtful that. a shale indllstry enn begin much earlier than
<br />predicted. A delay is possible, however, iu the "vent that petroleum
<br />cont.inues to ~ n,Ylt.ilable in ample supply. E\.en so, \VB beheve the
<br />development pattern of the illdllStl'Y, once started, will be the same--
<br />fil'stl prototype production follo\l;ed by moderate expallsion and
<br />finally, significant prodm....tion f}unntities. The time required for this
<br />sequencc~ in the nbscnce of a national emeJ"genc.y, will hp, 12 to 15 years.
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<br />Location
<br />It is anticipated that the first oil shale developments "ill be in the
<br />Parachute-Runn Creek 3l'ca of westel'll Colora{lo alld nlong the Colo-
<br />rado Ri,'er Letw"e.Il Rifle and De Beqne. After 1070 the oil shales in
<br />the Piceance Creek area and in Uintah County, Utah, \yill become im-
<br />pOl'btnt. Some ueyelopment in these latter areas could Leg-in earlier.
<br />Jt is estimated that of the 1,2f.0,000 ba1Tels 1'''1' day of shale oil pro-
<br />duction predicted for 10i5 over DO percent WIll b" in Colorado. '
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<br />Popu.lation
<br />The population serving the shale industry will be large by 19i5.
<br />The tabulation b"lo"; gives estimates of persons directly or in(lireetly'
<br />relat"d to the shale industry.
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<br />Shale in-(I-llJltry POpflu.z!icm
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<br />IllfjfJ 1- I\IG5 [lti70 I. 1975
<br />Sh~lct'm~,loYt'e5..___P___ ._.__u______________ ___~-~--~- -, f>,OOI) 15],000
<br />?(:r~.~~~ul~~~'~~r:~~f.".'.'....".'.".g.'......n. ..........----- - -- ---.. ------I J,:200 3, JIOO IS, OC'O
<br />.--------.----- .___________1 ~6n I 7.10,1 53,500
<br />New l1ollSl'ho\ds...__......______.______________________ ______~_____ f".30 1~,5Qn 1l3.U1l1.l
<br />I\ew populatil)IL_______~_________._.h__. _____________ ___._..:_... 2.300 . 45,000 ~~Il,oon
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<br />l]Jll'lIJdc.ssbHJE'rE'lfJtpd induslrips.
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<br />BYI,,'oducts
<br />. The principal bYr~roduct.s of shale processing for o~ltside ?Ol1f?wnp-
<br />bon wIll be :umnOllI<\., sulfur. and coke.. Petl'oc.hemH.:als will not be
<br />impOltlmt during the first Hi or ~O yea.rs of the industry. . Retort and
<br />I'efinery gases "ill be consumed by the indust,ry for fuel and power
<br />geil'e.i'ation.. After HljO the m:lInJact.ure of explosives, sulfuric acid,
<br />I.;,~iile.[(t :1 n~.1 Otllf'." rnnh~'r';H.ls \~onsllmed by tIle indristry ftnd its 'com;.
<br />Jlllllllty, will begin. . .
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