All Posts Tagged With: "oil shale"
Shell Abandons Quest for Yampa Water Rights
Citing project delays due to the global recession as the primary reason, the energy giant still left open the possibility of pursuing the project down the road. Water advocates say oil shale extraction would require too much of the precious resource in Western Colorado.
2Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Hearing on Exxon’s XTO Acquisition Planned — “Fracking” Issue Could be Raised
A congressional hearing on the proposed merger between ExxonMobil and XTO Energy is planned by the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment as it examines the impact of the potential deal on the U.S. energy market. Rep Markey could want the practice of hydraulic fracturing raised.
18Jan2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Balance Needed
These articles on oil shale project an image of an underdeveloped, overhyped industry inherently damaging to the environment– with no mitigation likely. They imply that those who object to the policies of the Obama administration are just trying to continue sweetheart deals worked out during the Bush era.
15Jan2010 | admin | 5 comments | Continued
Salazar’s Juggling Act on Oil Shale
The Interior Secretary executed a nice pirouette last week, ordering an investigation of last-minute oil shale leases granted by the exiting Bush Administration earlier this year while, at the same time, instituting a second round of those leases in the Green River basin of Colorado and Utah.
28Oct2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Interior Secretary Salazar Seeks Review Of Oil Shale Contracts
He asks the department’s inspector general to look at amendments, potentially worth billions to shale leaseholders, finalized during the final days of the Bush administration. “Taxpayers deserve answers to serious questions about why these lease addenda were granted at the eleventh hour,” Salazar added in a news release.
20Oct2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Feds Want More Time to Respond to
Oil Shale Lawsuits
The Obama administration said in its filing in federal court last week that recently appointed officials need additional time to review the issues concerning the opening of nearly 2 million acres of public land in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming for oil shale development.
25Aug2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Western Resource Advocates Takes Issue
with Oil Shale Reporting
Says the WRA’s Roessmann, “The whole point of the RD&D program was to establish commercial and technical feasibility and assess environmental risks. The BLM’s efforts to develop a second round of oil shale leases essentially put the cart before the horse.”
20Jul2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Studies Highlight Potential, Peril of
Oil Shale
In the last couple of weeks two new reports have emerged that take a clear-eyed look at the prospective oil-shale boom on the Western Slope. Though they were produced by the Center of the American West, at the University of Colorado, and Headwaters Economics, two left-leaning think tanks, they are admirably objective and non-ideological.
7Jul2009 | admin | 3 comments | Continued
West Slope Update — Politics, Agendas and a Deal
>> Energy Issues Could Trip up West Slope Dems in 2010
>> Garfield Commissioners Concerned About Meeting Agenda
>> Barrett Corp in $60 Million Roan Gas Purchase
>> Groups Revise Lawsuit Over Shale Development
Lamborn Wants to Force Salazar’s Hand on Oil Shale
with PIONEER Act
Five research and development leases were issued for federal lands in Colorado in 2005 (and one in Utah), but now state officials want to see what kind of results oil and gas companies are getting on those parcels before recommending another round of research and development leases as laid out in the Bush administration regulations.
8Jun2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
West Slope Update: GSI Eyes 700 Million-Barrel Potential in Oil Shale Tract
The company claims its breakthrough technology has low environmental impacts and is “energy-self-sustainable.” Said one expert: “We have been involved with oil shale projects since the 1980s and believe GSI’s innovative technology is years ahead of the competition - possessing both process and environmental advantages.”
1Jun2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Fracturing Issue Heats Up Natural Gas Politics — Colorado at the Center of the Debate
The industry argues that state laws and regulators are doing an adequate job of regulating the hydraulic fracturing process, and that more layers of regulation would be burdensome and expensive.
27May2009 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
Nuclear Energy to Power Oil Shale Industry?
Garfield County Officials Debate It
“What we have to do is show that it does work and we have to select the right spots to put it, and it’s going to have to be close to the grid,” Martin said. “We’re going to have to make some tough choices and those tough choices are going to be the location of a new atomic power plant.”
28Apr2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
DOE Examines Oil Shale Development in New Study
Looks at Potential Impact on State Water Resources
The study is essentially an oil shale primer for regulators, policymakers, and the general public, and it acknowledges the key challenge for future extraction in Colorado will be protecting and conserving water resources.
21Apr2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Thanks for the example, Mark. We will check out balancedenergyinc.com, as well. Editor 
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