Oil shale development in the United States : prospects and policy issues / James T. Bartis ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bartis, James T., 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oil-shales--United States.

Oil-shales.

Oil-shale industry--United States.

Oil-shale industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (89 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A 450-character abstract. In this report, the authors describe oil shale resources; suitability, cost, and performance of new technologies; and key policy issues that need to be addressed by government decision makers in the near future.

Contents:

Cover; Preface; Figures and Table; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction; About This Study; Contents of This Report; Chapter Two - The U.S. Oil Shale Resource Base; Oil Shale Resources in Place; Recoverable Resources in the Green River Formation; Resource Ownership; Chapter Three - Oil Shale Technologies; Mining and Surface Retorting; In-Situ Retorting; Thermally Conductive In-Situ Conversion; Timeline for Oil Shale Development; Chapter Four - The Strategic Significance of Oil Shale; Direct Benefits of Domestic Oil Shale Production

Reductions in the World Price of OilEnhanced National Security; Confounding or Inconclusive Arguments; Summary; Chapter Five - Critical Policy Issues for Oil Shale Development; Environmental and Social Impacts; Constraints to Strategically Significant Production; Chapter Six - The Development Path for Oil Shale; Business as Usual; Toward Industrial Development; Appendix - Cost Estimation Methodology and Assumptions; Bibliography

Notes:

"MG-414".

Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-68).

ISBN:

9786612282881

1-282-28288-3

0-8330-4100-2

1-60129-025-X

OCLC:

475972950