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Politics : Rat's Nest - Chronicles of Collapse
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To: Travis_Bickle who wrote (10206)4/13/2010 2:36:48 AM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) of 24226
 
Tech Talk: The Future of Oil Shale
Posted by Heading Out on April 11, 2010 - 10:00am

I have spent some time over the past few weeks writing about various different ways of producing oil from oil shale. While it is now about time that I move on to other topics, David Hagen was kind enough to post the website that gives access to the presentations from the Oil Shale Symposia that I mentioned at the beginning of this mini-series.

Exxon Mobil plan for oil production from oil shale

The papers from the 28th Symposium in 2008 illustrate that while the current price of oil may not currently justify the development of large oil shale operations, it can justify the investment of research dollars to seek better ways of producing oil from these fields. This is particularly true if one accepts one of the criteria that Exxon used to justify their ongoing interest, namely that they project that world energy demand will be 40% higher in 2030 than today, with more than 80% of that energy still being supplied by fossil fuels. Exxon believes that the oil from oil shale will play a significant role in that supply.

And so I am going to skip lightly through the papers, and highlight anything that catches my eye....
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