Oil shale developments / Ike S. Bussell, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bussell, Ike S.

Series:

Energy science, engineering and technology series.

Energy science, engineering and technology series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oil-shale industry.

Oil-shales.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work looks at developments in the extraction of oil shale. It concentrates on key topics such as the technology required to produce the oil, the profitability of producing shale oil, the environmental impacts and the local socio-economic impacts of distilling shale oil.

Contents:

""OIL SHALE DEVELOPMENTS""; ""OIL SHALE DEVELOPMENTS ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""STATEMENT OF C. STEPHEN ALLRED, LAND AND MINERALS MANAGEMENT, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, OVERSIGHT HEARING: OIL SHALE, SENATE ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE,MAY 15, 2008 ""; ""OIL SHALE PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT""; ""OIL SHALE REGULATIONS ""; ""RD&D ""; ""THE CASE FOR OIL SHALE ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""TESTIMONY OF JAMES V. HANSEN, OIL SHALE EXPLORATION COMPANY (OSEC), MAY 15, 2008, SENATE ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE""; ""US OIL SHALE RESOURCE ""

""ELSEWHERE WORLDWIDE """"PAST US EFFORTS ""; ""CURRENT US PROGRAMS ""; ""OSEC AS AN EXAMPLE ""; ""NEED FOR A FEDERAL OIL SHALE PROGRAM ""; ""DOMENICI BILL ""; ""TESTIMONY OF TERRY O'CONNOR, EXTERNAL AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS, SHELL EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION COMPANY, UNCONVENTIONAL OIL, BEFORE THE UNITED STATES SENATE ENERGY COMMITTEE, MAY 15, 2008 ""; ""BILL RITTER, JR., GOVERNOR OF COLORADO, TESTIMONY BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES, OVERSIGHT HEARING: OIL SHALE RESOURCES, ""; ""BACKGROUND PRINCIPLES ""; ""COLORADO'S OIL SHALE COUNTRY ""

""MOVING FORWARD WISELY ON OIL SHALE""""COLORADO PERSPECTIVES ON PENDING OIL SHALE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS""; ""American Energy Production Act, S. 2958 ""; ""Oil Shale and Tar Sands Leasing Act of 2008, S. 221 ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""ATTACHMENTS ""; ""STATEMENT OF STEVE SMITH, THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY, BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES UNITED STATES SENATE, REGARDING OIL SHALE DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH, MAY 15, 2008 ""; ""DEVELOPMENTS IN OIL SHALE* ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""BACKGROUND ""; ""OIL SHALE RESOURCE POTENTIAL ""; ""CHALLENGES TO DEVELOPMENT ""

""Competition with Regional Resources """"Supply and Disposition ""; ""Processing ""; ""Carbon Emissions""; ""Water""; ""Defense Fuels""; ""Restrictions to Leasing ""; ""COMMERCIAL LEASING PROGRAM""; ""RD&D Program ""; ""OSEC ""; ""Chevron ""; ""EGL""; ""Shell ""; ""Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement ""; ""Colorado[41]""; ""Mineral Leasing Act Amendments ""; ""Commercial Lease Sale and Royalty Rates ""; ""Proposed Leasing Rules ""; ""Proposed Royalties ""; ""Private Lease Terms""; ""CONCLUSION AND POLICY PERSPECTIVE""; ""REFERENCES ""

""GEOLOGY AND RESOURCES OF SOME WORLD OIL-SHALE DEPOSITS""""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""RECOVERABLE RESOURCES""; ""DETERMINING GRADE OF OIL SHALE ""; ""ORIGIN OF ORGANIC MATTER ""; ""THERMAL MATURITY OF ORGANIC MATTER ""; ""CLASSIFICATION OF OIL SHALE ""; ""EVALUATION OF OIL-SHALE RESOURCES ""; ""AUSTRALIA ""; ""Torbanite ""; ""Tasmanite ""; ""Toolebuc Oil Shale ""; ""Eastern Queensland ""; ""BRAZIL ""; ""Paraba Valley ""; ""Irat Formation ""; ""CANADA""; ""New Brunswick Oil Shale ""; ""CHINA""; ""Fushun ""; ""Maoming ""; ""ESTONIA""; ""Dictyonema Shale""; ""ISRAEL ""; ""JORDAN""

""SYRIA ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61122-486-1

OCLC:

923654815