$1. 9 million OKd for Michigan shale project. [Antrim shale deposits]
Dow Chemical Co. has received a $1.9 million Energy Research and Development Administration grant to begin developing ''in-situ'' technology to extract gas and oil from Michigan's vast Antrim shale deposits. Dow estimates that the deposits contain at least 2.5 trillion barrels of crude oil and it is speculated that 10 percent of it is recoverable. Michigan Gov. William G. Milliken says ''Success in this high-risk, unconventional but potentially big-payoff project could substantially ease the energy crunch in Michigan and the nation.'' Michigan imports 95 percent of its fuel. The $1.9 million will get work started and foreshadows a $13 million contract that will support Dow's research in fracturing and ignition.
- OSTI ID:
- 7325642
- Journal Information:
- Energy User News; (United States), Vol. 1:2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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