Oil Shale Development in the United States Prospects and Policy Issues

• मुख्य लेखक: Bartis, James T. (auth)
• अन्य लेखक: LaTourrette, Tom (auth), Dixon, Lloyd (auth), Peterson, D. J. (auth), Cecchine, Gary (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: RAND Corporation 2005
• विषय: Environmental policy & protocols; Transport: general interest; Political Science; Transportation Studies
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In the early 1980s, industry and government took a hard look at the economics of extracting oil from vast deposits of shale that lie beneath the western United States. Oil prices subsided, and interest waned. With oil prices spiking and global demand showing no signs of abating, reexamining the econ...