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<br /> <br />, <br /> <br />An energ~' crisis. . . a federal leasing pro- <br />gram. . . and suddenly, alter a wait of more <br />than 50 \-ears, the oil.shale industry is on <br />the launch pad to full.scale development- <br />in the Mountain \Vest. Government experts <br />estimate that the three-state oil-shale de- <br />posit. covering the connecting borders of <br />Colorado, Utah and \Vyoming, contains sev. <br />eral times the oil deposits of the Middle <br />East. The Interior Dept. expects to see the <br />rise of a million-barrel.per-day oil-shale in- <br />dustry in the region by 1985. Result: the <br />region itself is now caught in the eye of a <br />growing controversy over oil.shale develop- <br />ment. <br /> <br />In this special BENCHMARK edition, Ex- <br />ecutive \Vest presents to its readers an ob. <br />jeGti\'e documentary on the oil-shale indus- <br />try, from the viewpoint of government, en- <br />vironmentalists and the industry itself. The <br />edition takes an "in toto" look at oil shale, <br />from its beginnings as "the rock that burns," <br />through its present technologies and <br />problems. to its impacts on the region, to its <br />potential for the future. <br /> <br />.~ <br />.. <br />..~'".- <br /> <br />2 f\(CUt\! \\1~1 8("'CH""Ilt.. (PIIIO'" r..b'UJr, 1"-~ <br />