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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />GGQ~ <br />The growth of shale oil production to the propor- <br />tions envisioned in Phase IV will bring with it some <br />related industry, Tonnage quantities of explosives will <br />be required. Ammonium nitrate, which can be manufactured <br />from by-product ammonia, seems likely to be the principal <br />shale-blasting agent. As much as 500 tons per day will be <br />consumed for shale mining alone. This amount will support <br />a large-sized ammonium nitrate plant. Sulfuric acid for <br />general industrial use may also be manufactured from by- <br />product sulfur, <br />Cement is perhaps the largest tonnage manufactured <br />material required by shale industry and its community. <br />The usage of cement in the area will be sufficient for <br />a plant of economic size. Raw materials are available. <br />Spent shale may be used as an ingredient. <br />Water treatment and the building industry will greatly <br />increase the demand for lime in the area and this industry <br />should expand considerably. <br />Many small service and manufacturing operations will <br />be conducted to serve this $5 billion industry and the <br />400,000 or more population in the area. There will be more <br />new businesses of this type than were the development to <br />occur in a more populated area. Very little supporting <br />industry of the kind required now exists. <br />- - - - - - - - <br /> <br />To summarize - Shale oil production during Phase IV <br />from 1970 to 1975 will increase to about 1-1/4 million <br />barrels per day. This is less than 8% of anticipated U.S.A. <br />petroleum demand in 1975. <br /> <br />-25- <br />