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2008-07-22 Home Front Economy

BLM publishes regulations for recovery of oil shale

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Posted by DarthVader 2008-07-22 17:41|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 LOL at the graphic, DV!!! Using FF3, I can't link Fred's graphix

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-07-22 19:29|| 2008-07-22 19:29|| Front Page Top

#2 might wanna see what the Congress passes (against their will) to protect their phony baloney jobs

/Gov. Le Petomane

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-07-22 19:53|| 2008-07-22 19:53|| Front Page Top

#3 up to 800 billion barrels of recoverable oil from lands in the western United States

CIA Factbook Oil reserves (Billion barrels):
World 1,331
Saudi Arabia 264
Canada 179
Iran 138
Iraq 115
Kuwait 101
United Arab Emirates 98
Venezuela 79
Russia 60
Libya 45
Nigeria 37
Angola 25
United States 22

Looks like the list will have to change. And don't forget the 86 billion barrels of sweet, sweet crude lying offshore. But according to our Primitivists, we STILL can't drill (or dig) our way out of the problem.

Posted by ed 2008-07-22 20:01|| 2008-07-22 20:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Forgot. Some estimates have potentially recoverable US oil shales at 2,500 billion barrels. Then there is the technically challenging Bakken oil formation with 4 billion (e.g. same as ANWAR) with some estimates stating there is up to 500 billion barrels lying within Bakken, with the amount recoverable going up as technology improves.

Posted by ed 2008-07-22 20:19|| 2008-07-22 20:19|| Front Page Top

#5 ed, the list you got there is oil what is pumpable reserves, oil shale isnt oil, can be oil with enough energy and hydrogen input, but it isn't oilrigbht now. With enough nukes it's do able tho.

Posted by Billie Sol Estes Rockets 2008-07-22 21:19|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-07-22 21:19|| Front Page Top

#6 Yep. Is not listed a classical "oil reserves", but it is readily accessable hydrocarbons that can be turned into petroleum. Much like tar sands. That the amount of American shale is twice the entire world's oil reserves is extraordinary. It's fortunate that the entire US midwest was an ancient shallow seabed. If only we could get the Luddites out of the way, though running them over flat is looking to be a more and more attractive option.

The current recoverable Bakken oil is listed at 1%. That will go up as technology advances.

Posted by ed 2008-07-22 21:26|| 2008-07-22 21:26|| Front Page Top

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