Update on North American oil shale, oil sands, and heavy oil resource development

Large unconventional fuel resources exist in the U.S. & Canada -Processing technologies for oil sands are well-developed in Canada, but those processes cannot be directly applied to U.S. resources; oil shale processing technologies have yet to be commercialized -RH&D leases are a roadmap for future unconventional fuels development -Research focusing on improving energy and water efficiency of production processes and on environmental impacts/mitigation is essential if oil sands/shale development is to proceed at a reasonable pace -Can the information gleaned from various research efforts be shared (UHOP repository is an example)? Sharing is a means of cost-sharing and maximizes efficiency.