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To: Road Walker who wrote (392399)	6/19/2008 9:41:52 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578283

If it were profitable somebody would be doing it. They aren't. Do you not understand that the oil shale is largely on federally controlled lands? Were this property opened up for mining companies would be lining up to get at it. But nobody is going to develop massive infrastructure to do it when they cannot even get access to mine it. Crap.

To: Road Walker who wrote (392399)	6/19/2008 10:39:32 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578283

JF, > If it were profitable somebody would be doing it. They aren't. Let's wait a year and see what happens. I'll bet somebody will be doing it, and profitably. Tenchusatsu

To: Road Walker who wrote (392399)	6/19/2008 6:53:00 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578283

"If it were profitable somebody would be doing it. They aren't." The problem isn't quite as simple as some pretend. For one, conventional methods use a lot of water, anywhere from 1 to 7 barrels of water per barrel of shale oil. For another, the kerogen is only suitable for heavier products like kerosene and diesel. Now, in principle you could just cat crack it, but I don't think anyone has put together a process for that to yield light products like gasoline. So the R&D needs to be done and specialized refineries need to be built.