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Oil shale promise

11/03/2008
Many countries in the world look towards oil shale as a source for future energy needs. Oil shale is an abundant resource that can satisfy a part of the world’s expected long-term growth in energy demand.Estimates place the world’s oil shale resource base as being at least 2.6 trillion bbl, of which 2 trillion bbl are in the US.A recent symposium at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colo., provided a look at projects and technologies for exploiting these resources in various countries.Estonia, China, and Brazil have commercial-sized oil shale projects that have operated for many years. Countries that have planned projects include Jordan, Morocco, and Australia.In the US,...
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