Assessment of oil shale technologies. Volume II: a history and analysis of the Federal Prototype Oil Shale Leasing Program

Technical Report · Tue Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:5149811

This volume discusses the Federal Prototype Oil Shale Leasing Program that began in 1974 when the US Department of the Interior sold leases to four tracts in the oil shale regions of Colorado and Utah. A prior leasing attempt in 1968 is also described because it provides an historical perspective about the imperatives that have encouraged the development of Federal oil shale lands by private industry and the restraints that have inhibited such development. The report includes discussions of political, economic, environmental, and energy-related factors that affected both the 1968 leasing attempt and its successor - the current Prototype Program. The Program's goals are identified, and its progress and status are examined to determine if those goals have been met or are likely to be met in the foreseeable future.

• Research Organization: Office of Technology Assessment (U.S. Congress), Washington, DC
• OSTI ID: 5149811
• Report Number(s): OTA-M-119
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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COLORADO
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
GREEN RIVER FORMATION
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
LEASING
NORTH AMERICA
OIL SHALE DEPOSITS
POLITICAL ASPECTS
PUBLIC LANDS
RESOURCES
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION
USA
UTAH