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P. R. spring oil-impregnated sandstone deposit Uintah and Grand Counties, Utah | 1970-02 | oil-impregnated sandstone beds; oil impregnation; oil shale; lenticular sandstones; siltstones | Oil-impregnated sandstone beds underlie at least 214 square miles in the southeastern Uinta Basin and may extend northward beneath cover. One to as many as five principal saturated zones, 3 to 75 feet thick, occur in a 250-foot interval that dips gently northward. The northernmost outcrops are overl... |
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Regulatory promotion of emergent CCS technology - Topical report | 2014-01 | CCS technology; climate change; mitigation strategies; carbon capture and sequestration | Despite the growing inevitability of climate change and the attendant need for mitigation strategies, carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) has yet to gain much traction in the United States. Recent regulatory proposals by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), limited in scope to new-buil... |
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Policy analysis of water availability and use issues for domestic oil shale and oil sands development: Topical Report: October 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010 | 2010-03 | oil shale/sands resources; energy source; unconventional fuels; water demands; water availability; domestic oil shale/sands development; topical report | Oil shale and oil sands resources located within the intermountain west represent a vast, and as of yet, commercially untapped source of energy. Development will require water, and demand for scarce water resources stands at the front of a long list of barriers to commercialization. Water requiremen... |