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<br />. <br />. !~ <br /> <br />. -. <br />..J...,' <br /> <br />C'J <br />-1 <br /> <br />(-~ <br /> <br />'-- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />OVERVIEW AND UPDATE OF THE <br />WESTERN RESOURCE TRANSPORT PROJECT -- WESTRANS <br /> <br />BRIEFING FOR THE <br />COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL FORUM <br /> <br />June 18, 1985 <br /> <br />By <br />Mor9an Greenwood, President <br />Western Resource Transport, Inc. <br />Tulsa, Oklahoma <br /> <br />The objective of the Western Resource Transport (WESTRANS) <br /> <br />Project is to develop a cost-effective method for transporting <br />western U.S. coal to the Pacific Coast for export. <br /> <br />The WESTRANS pipeline will carry pulverized coal in a liquid <br />carbon dioxide (C02) transport medium 1,180 miles from the <br />Powder River Basin of Wyoming to the Port of Long Beach, <br /> <br />Ca1 ifornia. Coal will be exported to markets in Pacific Rim <br /> <br />nations, and C02 will be used for enhanced oil recovery in the <br />Los Angeles Basin. The current WESTRANS Project has evolved <br />from planning which began in 1980 and was formerly named the <br /> <br />AQUATRAIN Project. <br /> <br />Western Resource Transport, Inc., and the Bureau of <br /> <br />Reclamation are jointly studying and planning the project. <br /> <br /> <br />The U.S. Department of the Interior supports the coal pipeline <br /> <br />because of the economic and national security benefits to be <br /> <br />realized from developing the Nation's coal, C02' and oil <br /> <br />reserves. <br /> <br />1 <br />