[kellynla]

so the “water issue” is a non-issue?

[thackney]

There was also reference on Free Republic to another shale oil production that produced water.

[thackney]

Found the reference, but I'm not familiar with project (yet) to verify the claim.

“The Unocal commercial demonstration plant project in the Colorado Piceance Creek Basin actually produced more water than it consumed, as former Paraho Corporation head Larry Lukens found from talking with Unocal’s engineers. Colorado oil shale contains, on average, 2-5% by weight of water. That water is liberated from the rock during the ‘retorting’ process. Unocal actually had to construct evaporation ponds to get rid of all the excess water generated.”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032240/posts

I would not call the water a non-issue, but an issue that can be addressed.