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<br />-ENVIRONMENT At PROBLEMS
<br />Oil Shale Promises Major Challenge
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<br />UNDERGROUND MINING SUCH AS THIS IS fORECAST FOR OIL SHALE
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<br />Mining wC\uld~ <om. If !:" 011 ,kal. Indu Itry I, d.v*!oped In Ih. VOlt ,hole areCl.
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<br />(~n!f~!,!~d,fft'~' paUli 6J. :'Irty decisIon It m,"lde," she In lhfl MIdeast could cui of! all In tho" fOr~!i{'f'llhle future. InA: Jl commerclal oil !';halft
<br />,....~I.a!L-t! and goq:rnment t}f- SIIIIi. US 5upphe.'l. 'l'he rp~rvps have ~n well dedsion on private holdlnli:.'I
<br />ffc!;!l.... . The federal coordInator ot thp It Interior Is to cooUnue Its defined ty geologists .!Ince the west oI Rlne, Colo., on Pan.
<br />:-- r.t;.~' Ca 1 Joltrnon of Col. t}ii Mil!!> program, R.eid Stooe, t r ~ n d ot Iimitin/!: environ- 1920s. The richest, the Piceance chute Creek.
<br />'ra,fu' O~" :" Spa(~ 'Collnt'il l~ hopeful. the rnnronmrntal mentAlly damllRing off-shore oil Creek Basin reserves in north- John Hutchln~, rnana/!:er ot
<br />"(COSC., 'd h believe3 Ol.. challentt> will be met. drilliMlt operations, on shale I~ west Calorado, are attracting Co Ion y Dt>velopment ~ra-
<br />. iii-, :), SaJ S etal- sl tern ~ "If we phm well soli mlnl- sef>n II.! an attractive allerna- the most allf'ntion. tiona, Mid, "I think that tM
<br />d'O:;~'te~~w~;:t~v o~~~ e~~ mile I'nvironmf'ntlll ImpacU tive for making up for un-. DE\'ELOP'IE~T DElAY ctulnce!l for, succmfullell."ilng
<br />'o.ontlc, ~ial and environ. with the !<It('st teehn!l1ur:s, the developed off-shore productive F.\'er since there have been program are much gruter now
<br />. th t oil sh~Je industry should serve cap:!dly. periodic announcement..! about than they ~ave been in the
<br />"=.EntaI c0513 ~n, a "<lY a liS <l model for r('sponsible in- CO\lPLEX ISSUE the imminp.nt development ot past, primarily because of the
<br />WtlWdd ~mful't IcrlmtlZena,t~,undl"r. dustrial developm('nt for years "The decisions that are ~aing the resource l'nergy cri~i.!, the distinct nt"t'd
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<br />U~ i- -"-1 'h-' d v 1 t to comp," he ~ald. a e mll e on OJ ~ a e rea y Commercial dt>vf'lopment of 0 r uce e II. ance 0
<br />rrUt;U (II '" ~e e e optn{'n . In a review of ~nergy a!l{'rnll. point up how complex these either fMeral holdings or pr!. pll.yment~ situation and to prl)<
<br />Mn. Johnwn. cochll.lr~n of tiq~5 In the rnvironment:!1 energy qUl'stion.! ArB and the ~'ate land; over the rich Qllora- vide ~nvironmentaIly IIccept.
<br />th~ cose 011 M\.1le commlttf~, ~l<lillml"nt, the conclu~ion b nperl for II comprt'hensive en. do deposit.! has never been sue-- abl... ful'I."
<br />";Uti ~o$ls of developlnh pr~- retlchl"d that the only subslitutf' ergy policy," one fl'df'rlll of- cessfully 'it!empted. TECH:\lQUE lr.\'CERTAJN
<br />. ."llte-as oppo.o;E!? to pubhe--oll for producinl: II million barrels fidal commrnted 11l5t week SuccesMul 011 shale eJ:tractlan Stin unce-rtaln Is the WilY In
<br />~hal", lanus an,n l uplortd. of shlllt ail b Importing a after aUending Il day!ong brief. ha.! ~erj undert.akl'n in other which the oil !!Mle would be
<br />. !!L.'\"~~lSG l'EEnF:O mill'lon barrels of forl'ign ('rude. ing on ~nvlronmental problems part.'l of the world for more converted Into ~hale 011.
<br />:4 "CiU:ocns need to know what TMt altemlltl\'e Is incrl'as- including oil shale. than 100 year.!. The hydrocarbon mineral
<br />,UK cost to tnl'm In taxf!';, sub- in.!:ly hting qUe.~tion~ by both Overshadawing the que!;.l!on In 1968, former Interior See- ta-hnic-ally known Il.! kerogffl
<br />skty And lncre<lserl prices the pnvln:mmenlalists fl'aring oil of environml'ntal impact!! and relllry Stewart Udall devlsl'd an Ithe oU) would have become 011
<br />UF-velapmrnt of oil' shale on !tpills and OIltional do"fense plan- energy .alternativl's is whether oil shale tl'aslng program that if more he-at bad been pteSfflt
<br />~ public. lantl will meo'ln befare nl'rs fearing political upheavals oil shale will be developed at floundered when lease bids when It WI.! formed.
<br />. __ ""'_ c"," were 100 low to be acceptl'd. Thereforl', l'floru 10 remove
<br />;':;T~.'.3U111 Both the federal government the oil from the rock involve
<br />,~if<' ~lit!.; -.,~ and Industrial leaders are op. adding heat. There are HVl'raI
<br />tlmlstle that Jl new program to processe.'l.
<br />",', ,.J..,:, lease six federal tract.'l, two Hutch!n'! Qllooy Develop.
<br />_,3 eaeh In Cclarado, W}'oming and rnent Ope-ration uperimented
<br />" " .IIt.L Utah, will succeed. with what !.! known Il.'I the
<br />_ ~::!' POUCY CHAl'lGED TOSCO II proceS.!,named for
<br />,#If'" Russ Caml'roD. prl'sldl'nt of the process developer-The OU
<br />C,ameran EngIneers in Dem'er, ShAle QlrporatJon (TOSCO).
<br />poInts out that significant dif. The TOSCO proc-eu uses
<br />ferl'nce~ In the approachl" the heated ceramic- balls which con-
<br />Interior Department ha.! taken tact crushl'd shale, heating It
<br />10 oil .thale lea~ing policies and rell'asing its oIl.
<br />hne occtlrred aince President Cru.!hed shale rf'sidut>, Illrgf;r
<br />Nixon toot. offke. In ,'olume although lighter In
<br />In the Itasing program hur- weight th;Jn the shale is a
<br />rledly proposed by the Johnson waste product of the procesl.
<br />administration, the govl'mment THIRD PROCESS
<br />offerffi for I!'ase tracts it bad Another proceu usn hot
<br />!\elected under ~ndltion.'l tn. gase.'l reacting with crushed
<br />dustry generally felt were un!a. shale in a seall"d \'essel.
<br />"orable. A third proce~~n whlch lit.
<br />Under the new plan, industry Ue fruiUu! ~arch ha.! bHon
<br />drilled test holf's and "nomina!. conducted, according to the im-
<br />erl" least sites on fedl'ral land pact stateml'nt-h "in-.!itu" re-
<br />to the go\'ernmenl. torong of ail shale.
<br />The process ha.'l taken two An "in"sltu" proces.! wauld
<br />years. require undt'r~round hellting of
<br />"I have to think that Its got a oil ~hale to t>frect retorting and
<br />lot better chance because we Olen removal of oU by pump.-
<br />are participating in II," Ca- mg.
<br />meron said of the new ll'asing 'The rnY1ronmental Impact of ..
<br />propO-....al. Ihi.! concept ha~n't been eva-
<br />Came~(tfI's enlhuslam wa~ luated although It would appear
<br />echoed by the mlln who ~ad.! 10 8,'oid some major surface
<br />Ihe pri\l3!e firm closest ta mak- opera lion problems.
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<br />BOOK CLIFFS NEAR: RiflE, COLO., SHOW DARK BANDS
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