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<br />S6 *T H E DEN V E R P 0 S T SUIl.d41, Sept. Z. 1973
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<br />Interior May Soon Loosen
<br />Sh~ck/~s ~l!Jding_ Oil S~!!'!~~a
<br />By A~:\ SCH:\UDT r -, flurry of interest. U ...
<br />tJ.fn....r,.lI$IWllhingl""Carn~<1l1 \Vh j In 0 sh;
<br />WASHINGTON - "I'\'e en t looked as if sUPPliesJ
<br />1, . petroleum might be .
<br />always saId that the full develi but discovery of madequa
<br />opment of oil shale is at leas~ alle\1ated the prOble~~\V fij
<br />ii\'e years in the future,'j Sbale bas not :ret been able
<br />Harry K Sa\'age has been say. _'Jne.'msrory.ot~tne-'rock tha! compet~ "..Hh liquid petrole'
<br />jng since 1916, ~ burns," as oil shale was knjo\\-nl econonucal1y, It bas thus I.'
<br />to the Indians, has been a on cost too h
<br />Harry Savage, an early 01 and complicated one. Its fU,lJI Uta bur m~c. to turn "the r~
<br />shale prospector and enfhusiasi bearing characteristic was di! u t t t.b lIS .1Oto a liquId prod.
<br />Is still right, The full develop; CQvered by those earliesl Aml B c. :;; wdl fin fuel tan~
<br />ment of an oil shale industry is Icans and later by the cowbo b a~ca the shale must ~
<br />at least fi\'c years ill the future} and shepherds _ who notic. pe%~ up and heated to tern.
<br />Action this week by th'i the rock fireplaces they b~~ F r:~s a~ve 900 degree;
<br />Department of Interior may often joilled the buffalo, Chip! ::! keJt. 'Iltis COlI Verts the or1
<br />disprove his statement but oU and wood kindling In burnmg, . g c erogen to shale Oil~.
<br />~hale observers are not' holding Vast areas of western Coloria. ::::~tl~ crude that can'
<br />their breaths, , do and Wyoming and easle . J~ urther Info most ('0
<br />Within 60 days, Secretary of Utah, In what is known as th~ en 10 . MlroJewn woduc.L'I_
<br />Interior Rogers C, B. ~lorton is Green River Formation, are cov
<br />npected t.o announce compet" ered by rich oll-bearing sh,al:.
<br />ti\'e bidding for six protot)~ Estimates run to over a trillioa
<br />leases - two each In Colorado! barrels of synthetic crude locked
<br />Ulah and Wyoming. The high; Iii the rod)' ledges of loil tb.1
<br />bidders "ill then be able to con. country which covers appro
<br />struct plants and begin mining malely ZiOOO square miles.
<br />oil shale on a commercial, aJ; Because the shale is known
<br />beit, e:lperlmental basis, but be there and carries with ,
<br />only after strict environmental none of the troublesome disco~
<br />studies M\'e ~n conducted ery procedure that petroleu~
<br />and stringent environmental exploration does, shal~ hSJ
<br />regulations have been met. been considered money In th!l;
<br />Tbe combined prototype bank _ a resource that can ~
<br />leases, each for appro:dmately counted on to ball the nation
<br />5,120 acres of land, are expect. out of fossil fuel shortages tha~
<br />eel to reach a maximum: can only get worse in the fu.:.
<br />production of 250.000 barrels 01 ture.
<br />crude oil a day, but not befor~ Early day oil shale dreamers
<br />1931 at the earliest. I like Harry Savage were stoppe~
<br />The Oil Shale Corporation initially by technology and eCOj
<br />chairman, H. T, Koolsbergen,1 nomlcs. The oil was there. (ac.
<br />hailed the Interior action as I tuaUy shale oil is a cousm 0.(
<br />" . . , one we have been l\'ai1~ . petroleum and is called "kero-
<br />lng for III unI()Ck this vas gen"). but there was no method
<br />hydrocarbon resource," of extracting it on a commer.
<br />His reaction is typical among I cial basis. (SOme oil from shale
<br />Industry people. On the othet;', was produced prior to the 1859
<br />lide of the fence. environ! discovery of natural petro~eum,
<br />mentalists are drawing up bat} b.l.\t,&e\'er ~a vol~me =sl..
<br />tIe lines to stop what they con.
<br />lider a rape of the l:md.
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<br />PRESb.'T SfIORTAGES
<br />While shale couldn't compet
<br />l':CQIlOmically In the '20's an~
<br />later decades, present day
<br />shortages, dramatic ad\'ance!
<br />In technological processes, and
<br />tbe nation's growing deperir
<br />dence on e:lpensive imported oj,l
<br />has put the possibility (and
<br />many leel the necessity) of dei
<br />veloping a fu1l scale shale in)
<br />dustry back into the ball game.
<br />Shale oil is particularly lo~
<br />in sulphur whlcb makes it even
<br />more valuable as a potential
<br />lource of clean energy, I
<br />Shale oil de\'elopment bas
<br />taced additional barriers to
<br />those imposed b)' economics
<br />and technology. It was also an,.
<br />Session Sponsored
<br />On Pollution, Smoking
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<br />, The American Lung Associa.
<br />tlon of Colorado is sponsoring a
<br />session on "How Air Pollution
<br />and Smoking Affects You r
<br />Health" at 7 p.m, Sept. 13 in
<br />Dawson Han AUditorium. Pres-
<br />b}'Urian School of Nursing, ~
<br />I High St. For further informa.
<br />l tion. call 388-43'17,
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