Boomtown blues; Oil shale and Exxon's exit
Conference
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· Oil Shale Symposium Proceedings; (USA)
OSTI ID:6503930
- Western New Mexico Univ., Silver City, NM (USA)
This paper chronicles the social and cultural effects of the recent oil shale boom on the Colorado communities of Rifle, Silt, Parachute, and Grand Junction. The paper is based upon research and oral history interviews conducted throughout Colorado and in Houston and Washington, DC.
- OSTI ID:
- 6503930
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-8904193--
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: Oil Shale Symposium Proceedings; (USA) Journal Volume: 22
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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