Mining oil shale in Colorado for the first commercial oil shale venture has been optimized by Colony in terms of the best mining method and equipment available today. A discussion of the progress toward optimization of mining by Colony and others and of the nature and extent of Oil shale in Colorado and Utah; leads into a recitation of the potential for improvements.Some of the problems of the “yet to be” oil shale industry, with a look at yesterday, the status and activity of the industry today and the promise of tomorrow; provide useful information for the uninitiated.


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    Title :

    Mining Oil Shale


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    National West Coast Meeting ; 1975



    Publication date :

    1975-02-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :