THE UNITED STATES MAY HAVE
MORE OIL THAN THE MIDDLE EAST
We have enough shale oil in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming to supply the country with all of it's needs for the next two to three hundred years. A little company named Oil Tech in Utah just presented to the US congress in 2005. They are able to produce oil from this oil shale at a cost between 10 and 30 dollars a barrel.
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not endorse ads). However, IF the item below is actually true ..... what implications ....The U.S. Govt’s Secret Colorado Oil Discovery. (237 KB PDF) Hidden 1,000 feet beneath the surface of the Rocky Mountains lies the largest untapped oil reserve in the world — more than 2 TRILLION barrels. On August 8, 2005 President Bush mandated its extraction. Three companies have been chosen to lead the way. Test drilling has already begun… HTML Version |
Independent Sources With Related Data:
4/21/06 Article in California Chronicle supporting the above.
Details of Presidential Withdrawal of Oil Shale Lands in the 1930's PDF Oil shale lands withdrawn under Executive Order 5327 dated April 15, 1930, as amended.
2001- Oil Shale Revocation Plan Amendment | USGS Maps |Commentary: Oil Reserves from Bill Hammack's Engineering & Life | Orion Magazine, Sep-Oct 2003 | History of Western Oil Shale |
Rocks found in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming alone contain 1,500 billion barrels of oil
Federal Register /Vol. 65, No. 230/Wednesday, November 29, 2000 ... oil shale withdrawals are no. longer needed
HICKEL v. OIL SHALE CORP., 400 US 48 (1970) -- US Supreme Court This case involves six groups of claims to oil shale located in Colorado and ... These claims are not patented and were canceled in the early 1930's
Forgotten Fundamentals of the Energy Crisis by Dr. Albert Bartlett
The Illusive Bonanza: Oil Shale in Colorado “Pulling the Sword from the Stone”
NAVAL PHOTOGRAPHIC AERIAL SURVEYS, 1925-1941 Colorado Oil Shale Reserves Aerial Survey - 1925 Lt. Wyatt and Navy photographers make aerial photos of the Colorado oil shale reserve, 1925.
SUMMARY OF REASONS WHY OIL AND GASOLINE PRICES ARE CURRENTLY SO HIGH