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Oil-shale companies tout research projects

Bloomberg Businessweekly -- A small company that holds a federal lease to extract petroleum from oil shale reserves in western Colorado is taking a new approach to withdrawing crude oil from solid rock -- one that it hopes will avoid groundwater contamination.

The process is "basically the same as steaming vegetables," said Alan Burnham, chief technology officer for Rifle, Colo.-based American Shale Oil LLC.

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Submitted May 23, 2012 By: JOHNNY95206

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cheapchickKY Champion Author Lexington Posts:4,022 Points:797,265 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: May 24, 2012 12:14:29 AM Ignore cheapchickKY Report Abuse Intesting, how it works.
drpepperTX Champion Author Texas Posts:8,950 Points:753,185 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 10:03:57 PM Ignore drpepperTX Report Abuse Meowmy, that's why 'research' is in the title of the article.
Meowmy Champion Author Florida Posts:1,293 Points:348,855 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 9:44:48 PM Ignore Meowmy Report Abuse Hopefully they'll do some testing first to make sure it works.
kag2010 Champion Author Winnipeg Posts:5,264 Points:1,021,710 Joined:Apr 2010	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 8:39:44 PM Ignore kag2010 Report Abuse Hope it works out.
lonewolf_947 Champion Author New Hampshire Posts:1,286 Points:577,715 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 7:02:54 PM Ignore lonewolf_947 Report Abuse Let;s see what happens & then go from there .......
lesndave Champion Author Texas Posts:3,047 Points:702,355 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 7:01:51 PM Ignore lesndave Report Abuse Hope it works out.
drpepperTX Champion Author Texas Posts:8,950 Points:753,185 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 6:13:14 PM Ignore drpepperTX Report Abuse Reaserch and development with private companies. I posted research on this in another thread a few days ago. This is technology that we need, let's hope this is a booming success!