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Constraints on the commercialization of oil shale | 1978 | oil shale; commercialization of oil shale; constraints of commercialization; economic problems; institutional problems; surface oil shale technologies | Beyond supporting reseearch, development, and demonstration projects, government energy policy is directed toward introducing new energy technologies into commercial use. Considerable policy attention has been focused on the commercialization of energy process plants that produce substitutes for imp... |
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Extraction of hydrocarbons from Antrim oil shale | 1978 | hydrocarbon extraction; Antrim oil shale; oil shale; hydrocarbon recovery | The Dow Chemical Company has performed a variety of in situ experiments on the Antrim oil shale which underlies Michigan. These experiments have ranged from in situ combustion in a quarry to attempted extraction at a depth of 2,600 feet (780 m). Currently, Dow is continuing its efforts to obtain hyd... |