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Water for commercial oil shale development in Utah: Allocating scarce resources and the search for new sources of supply | 2010 | commercial oil shale development; allocating resources; oil shale; bitumen | BACKGROUND A. What Is Oil Shale and Why Do We Care? Oil shale is a sedimentary rock containing solid bituminous materials. When oil shale is heated, petroleum-like liquids and gasses are released. The process of heating shale and capturing resulting liquids and gasses is called retorting and can occ... |