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<br />~--="-"'''''''''--"'=oOO->-_____~~_---'- <br /> <br />---~--'.~---~._",,-. <br /> <br />1l'~t..I('i &/(),;;;:r/~/-" 4/r,l.U'), -J/.j117 <br /> <br />Occidental sets oil <br />shale output goal <br /> <br />Ottidental Petroleum Corp. <br />announced plans Wednesday to <br />prod\K"t' :)7.tnJ barrels of oil a <br />dayfrom shale in 1983. <br /> <br />Production. thf' company <br />- said. will come from its new <br />parlllt'rshlp Ilo'ith Ashland Colo- <br />. rado Ilk'" a subsidian' of Ash. <br />~ land Oil Inc., 011 tb> serond <br />~ federal oil shall' leaSf' tract in <br />~ Colorado <br />, <br />~ Tht.> companies submitted to <br />,. Pete RuUMJ':e, area oil shalf' <br />suflt'n.i.'iOr. thtoir de-tailed den.J. <br />&. opmentplanforthtoart'a.whu'h <br />" is about 40 milt's from ~1~ker <br />J southofPict'anceCret-k, <br /> <br />The Iwo companilos will lL<;e <br />. the Occidental modifit'd in situ <br />oil shale process. which in- <br />\'ol\'('s II limited amount of <br />undt'rgrourxl mining <br /> <br />.-\ n\"ln is partially mil'll'd <br />and thton dynamited The dyna. <br />mite crumbles the solid fO("k <br />and forms a cavern full of oil <br />shale rubble, <br /> <br />. TIlt- shale is Ux>n set on fire. <br />Ilo'ilh cllntrollt'd lempt'raturtos. <br />. and the oil that is In tht' !>hale <br /> <br />l ~;~'::~~~r~:'~~~~~: <br /> <br />~ ageorcan be pumped to the sur- <br />fa('('. <br /> <br />Occidental's present in situ <br />expt'riment invoh't>S mirting in a <br />I ca",'on wall so that thto oil can <br />. nollo: out of lhe millt'd art'a It <br />t.ht>n is pumped from the bottom <br />. ofthtocanyontostora~etank.~at <br />thecanyonrim. <br /> <br />The original plan for the Colo- <br />rado Cob lease tract l.'allPd for <br />shale mining and retortinR <br /> <br />..bon- the ground ()(>cidental <br />and Ashland .said that tht> in situ <br />proc-essis expt'Clt'd to irl<Tt'ase <br />the amount of oil that can bl> <br />r('('t)\'t>red and reduCt' lhe t>n\'i. <br />ronnll'ntallmpacl <br /> <br />Tilt: PROJECT should (Teate <br />some 1.61.wJ jOOs on the Wt'Stern <br />Slopt'.a('('(lrding loOc-cidenlal <br />PreSt'nt plans call for 1m' <br />('ompanit>s to Iw-gin sinkmg <br />lht>ir initial mining shaH this <br />St>ptrmbc>r l)evr]opmt'nl min. <br />ing is SI:hf'duled to be~in early <br />in 19'7'9. <br /> <br />U t'\'erything Ioloes ..('cording <br />to sch~dul(>. produ('tion can <br />be,l{ininl9ll3 <br /> <br />The proposal submitted 10 <br />Rulled~e iocludes plans for <br />pipelines. power lines. Ilo'atl;'r re- <br />quirements and communi('a. <br />lion.'i. some of whi<'h wiJl be off <br />tht>leasetract <br /> <br />BEt'ORE WORK can begir <br />on the projt'Ct. ho....ever. tht <br />firms' detailed lk\'t'lopmt'nl <br />plan must ht- re\'iewed and ap <br />prO\'t'(j by gon'mmt'nt agl'n <br />des <br />Three oil industry ('Qmpani~ <br />ongil'lally bid $117 8 million fOI <br />tm- prh'ell'ge of de\'t'loping ar <br />oil shall" project on the Cot <br />tract. <br />But. TOSNl. formerl)' The Oil <br />Shale Corp. pullt"d out of thf <br />prOlo1ram early in 1976 tll <br />tk>velopitspropt'rlil'Sinl'Lah <br />Shell 011 Co followf'd shortl}' <br />after <br />Occidental and Ashland no.... <br />are:)l).50partnersinlbefedt'fal <br />lease tract. <br /> <br />\~()\) <br />