[backhoe]

Thanks for looking.... I *was* wondering about the cost of this. I recall a post here around a month or so ago where the Canadians were claiming to have gotten oil-shale extraction costs down to the $12 a barrel range, whereas it had been around $35+ a barrel.

[Rodney King]

I don't recall that specific post, but Canada is full of fraudulent companies that have falsely claimed such techonology. Solv-Ex was one of them.

[deport]

....I recall a post here around a month or so ago where the Canadians were claiming to have gotten oil-shale extraction costs down to the $12 a barrel range, whereas it had been around $35+ a barrel.....

Don't know about the $12 bbl price but here are a couple articles on oil shale... not the easiest process going and still expensive.

• Shell Exploration Co. project in Colorado

• SHALE OIL--THE ELUSIVE ENERGY