Oil Shale Development in the United States Prospects and Policy Issues

• Autor principal: Bartis, James T. (auth)
• Otros Autores: LaTourrette, Tom (auth), Dixon, Lloyd (auth), Peterson, D. J. (auth), Cecchine, Gary (auth)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Lenguaje: inglés
• Publicado: RAND Corporation 2005
• Materias: Environmental policy & protocols; Transport: general interest; Political Science; Transportation Studies
• Acceso en línea: 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...