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Final presentation by Michael D. Vanden Berg to the National Energy Technology Laboratory about the Uinta Basin Water Study on March 14, 2012. The study will help alleviate problems associated with produced saline water as a means to facilitate increased conventional hydrocarbon production and help resolve water-related environmental barriers to possible oil shale development.

Quarterly report (October 2010 - December 2010) for the Uinta Basin Water Study. The study will help alleviate problems associated with produced saline water as a means to facilitate increased conventional hydrocarbon production and help resolve water-related environmental barriers to possible oil shale development.

Quarterly report (January 2011 - March 2011) for the Uinta Basin Water Study. The study will help alleviate problems associated with produced saline water as a means to facilitate increased conventional hydrocarbon production and help resolve water-related environmental barriers to possible oil shale development.

Quarterly report (April 2011 - June 2011) for the Uinta Basin Water Study. The study will help alleviate problems associated with produced saline water as a means to facilitate increased conventional hydrocarbon production and help resolve water-related environmental barriers to possible oil shale development.

This webpage from the EFMR Monitoring Group provides information on the extraction of natural gas from Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale formation. Users may read a brief overview of the extraction efforts and the environmental concerns involved. A lesson plan and resource guide is available for download in PDF file format. The document includes a number of in-class activities for elementary, middle and high school grade levels. Academic standards and a list of links are also included.

This report is intended to accompany a paper prepared by the Policy Study Group of the M.I.T. Energy Laboratory, entitled "Government Support for the Commercialization of New Energy Technologies: An Analysis and Exploration of the Issues". The paper was prepared for the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration and is referred to herein as "Issue Paper"., The Issue Paper discusses the general principles of government-supported commercialization programs. This report applies those principles to a specific case, that of a proposed program for the commercial demonstration of shale oil production. This case has significance as a result of the national goal of greater energy independence., The report begins with a brief discussion of a proposed commercial demonstration program, followed by a section that sketches the historical, technological and economic background of shale oil. The commercial implications of this background are discussed in the next section. Based on this information, the report then outlines probable industry action in the shale oil field if no government action were taken. The next section discusses rationales for the proposed program, both those explicitly offered by the government and others that could have been offered. The program is then evaluated for its effectiveness in dealing with the various problems involved in starting and maintaining a commercially viable shale oil industry. The findings of the analysis are summarized in the final section.

This report is intended to accompany a paper prepared by the Policy Study Group of the M.I.T. Energy Laboratory, entitled "Government Support for the Commercialization of New Energy Technologies: An Analysis and Exploration of the Issues". The paper was prepared for the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration and is referred to herein as "Issue Paper"., The Issue Paper discusses the general principles of government-supported commercialization programs. This report applies those principles to a specific case, that of a proposed program for the commercial demonstration of shale oil production. This case has significance as a result of the national goal of greater energy independence., The report begins with a brief discussion of a proposed commercial demonstration program, followed by a section that sketches the historical, technological and economic background of shale oil. The commercial implications of this background are discussed in the next section. Based on this information, the report then outlines probable industry action in the shale oil field if no government action were taken. The next section discusses rationales for the proposed program, both those explicitly offered by the government and others that could have been offered. The program is then evaluated for its effectiveness in dealing with the various problems involved in starting and maintaining a commercially viable shale oil industry. The findings of the analysis are summarized in the final section.

Economic Development Corporation of Utah presentation about energy and natural resources companies from March 16, 2010.

Quarterly report (January 2010 to March 2010) for the Uinta Basin Water Study. The study will help alleviate problems associated with produced saline water as a means to facilitate increased conventional hydrocarbon production and help resolve water-related environmental barriers to possible oil shale development.

Quarterly report (July 2010 to September 2010) for the Uinta Basin Water Study. The study will help alleviate problems associated with produced saline water as a means to facilitate increased conventional hydrocarbon production and help resolve water-related environmental barriers to possible oil shale development.

Quarterly report (April 2010 to June 2010) for the Uinta Basin Water Study. The study will help alleviate problems associated with produced saline water as a means to facilitate increased conventional hydrocarbon production and help resolve water-related environmental barriers to possible oil shale development.

Quarterly report (October 2009 to December 2009) for the Uinta Basin Water Study. The study will help alleviate problems associated with produced saline water as a means to facilitate increased conventional hydrocarbon production and help resolve water-related environmental barriers to possible oil shale development.

Task 3 of the year one review meeting presentation of the Uinta Basin Water Study. This Uinta Basin water study will help alleviate problems associated with produced saline water as a means to facilitate increased conventional hydrocarbon production and help resolve water-related environmental barriers to possible oil shale development.

Year one review meeting presentation of the Uinta Basin Water Study. This Uinta Basin water study will help alleviate problems associated with produced saline water as a means to facilitate increased conventional hydrocarbon production and help resolve water-related environmental barriers to possible oil shale development.

Quarterly report (July 2009 to September 2009) for the Uinta Basin Water Study. The study will help alleviate problems associated with produced saline water as a means to facilitate increased conventional hydrocarbon production and help resolve water-related environmental barriers to possible oil shale development.

Poster presented at the AAPG Annual Conference, Denver, CO, June 2009. Due to the recent increase in crude oil prices and concerns over diminishing conventional reserves, the Utah Geological Survey has reexamined the Uinta Basin’s oil shale resource, primarily in the Mahogany zone of the Green River Formation. We created conversion equations by correlating available Fischer assays with corresponding density and sonic measurements as a way to predict oil yield from geophysical logs. In addition to the core-based Fischer assays obtained from 107 wells drilled specifically for oil shale, 186 oil and gas wells with oil yields calculated from digitized bulk density or sonic logs were used to create a basin-wide picture of the oil shale resource in the Uinta Basin. These widespread data were used to map oil shale thickness and richness and create isopach maps delineating oil yields of 15, 25, 35, and 50 gallons of shale oil per ton (GPT) of rock. From these isopach maps, new basin-wide resource numbers were calculated for each richness grade.

Quarterly report (October 2008 to December 2008) for the Uinta Basin Water Study. The study will help alleviate problems associated with produced saline water as a means to facilitate increased conventional hydrocarbon production and help resolve water-related environmental barriers to possible oil shale development.

Quarterly report (January 2009 to March 2009) for the Uinta Basin Water Study. The study will help alleviate problems associated with produced saline water as a means to facilitate increased conventional hydrocarbon production and help resolve water-related environmental barriers to possible oil shale development.

Quarterly report (April - June 2009) for the Uinta Basin Water Study. The study will help alleviate problems associated with produced saline water as a means to facilitate increased conventional hydrocarbon production and help resolve water-related environmental barriers to possible oil shale development.

Technology status assessment for the Uinta Basin Water Study. The study will help alleviate problems associated with produced saline water as a means to facilitate increased conventional hydrocarbon production and help resolve water-related environmental barriers to possible oil shale development.

Water-related issues affecting conventional oil and gas recovery and potential oil-shale development in the Uinta Basin technology status assessment report.

Water-related issues affecting conventional oil and gas recovery and potential oil-shale development in the Uinta Basin presentation.

Contents: "Western Oil Shale: Past, Present, and Future," by Alan E. Isaacson. Each issue of the Utah Economic and Business Review features one or more articles dealing with contemporary trends and developments relating to the Utah economy.

"Utah Facts" is a short compilation of major statistical data that may be helpful in understanding the dynamic economy and activity of the state.

"Utah Facts" is a short compilation of major statistical data that may be helpful in understanding the dynamic economy and activity of the state.

"Utah Facts" is a short compilation of major statistical data that may be helpful in understanding the dynamic economy and activity of the state.

"Utah Facts" is a short compilation of major statistical data that may be helpful in understanding the dynamic economy and activity of the state.

"Utah Facts" is a short compilation of major statistical data that may be helpful in understanding the dynamic economy and activity of the state.

"Utah Facts" is a short compilation of major statistical data that may be helpful in understanding the dynamic economy and activity of the state.