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Oil shale: its role in solving the energy problem. [Discussion of resources, properties, and retorting methods]

Conference ·
OSTI ID:7335019
The discussion is presented under the following subject headings: oil shale resource; oil shale characteristics; technology, including descriptions of gas combustion and the Union Oil Company retorts, the TOSCO II and Paraho processes and in-situ retorting methods. Refining crude shale oil, environmental impact of a shale oil industry, economics of shale oil production, and the future of oil shale are also discussed. (JGB)
Research Organization:
Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock (USA)
OSTI ID:
7335019
Report Number(s):
CONF-740251-1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English