Utah's tar sand resource: Geology, politics, and economics

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Publication Type journal article
Author Ritzma, Howard R.
Title Utah's tar sand resource: Geology, politics, and economics
Date 1976
Description Twelve of fifty deposits of oil-impregnated rock in Utah contain 98 percent of the 26 billion barrels estimated in place. This is about 90 to 95 percent of the total mapped U.S. resource. Several deposits have been and are mined for paving material. Extraction of oil from three deposits is beginning or is proposed. Further development is caught up in a tangled web of politics, legal and environmental considerations, technologic problems, economics, geography, and geology.
Publisher American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Subject Utah tar sand; tar sand resource; geology; politics; economics; oil-impregnated rock deposits; oil shale; tar sands
Language eng
Bibliographic Citation Ritzma, H. R. (1976). Utah's tar sand resource: Geology, politics, and economics. John Ward Smith, Mark T. Atwood, eds., Oil shale and tar sands: AICHE Symposium Series. 72(155), pp. 47-54.
Relation Has Part John Ward Smith, Mark T. Atwood, eds., Oil shale and tar sands: AICHE Symposium Series; vol. 72, no. 155, pp. 47-54 (1976)
Identifier ir-eua/id/3687
ARK ark:/87278/s6zw4k4h
Setname ir_eua
ID 214645
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zw4k4h
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