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To: thackney

This article:

http://www.dailyreckoning.com/rpt/OilShale.html

says the total oil in shale for the entire U. S. is at least 1.5 trillion barrels.


23 posted on 07/22/2008 11:31:14 AM PDT by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: savedbygrace

The total oil in place for oil shale in the US is estimated to be over 2 trillion.

The estimated recoverable oil from the Green River formation is 800 billion barrels.

The reporter made a typo with billion versus million.

Links for the above already posted in the thread.

Cheers


25 posted on 07/22/2008 11:36:12 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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