Oil Shale Development: Hearing, Ninety-first Congress, Second Session ... May 21, 1970, Volumes 8-13 |
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Page 43 - hour as the jet fighters used in the Korean conflict. The continuing mechanization of Army equipment and greater mobility of its troops assure a steady increase in its fuel requirements. While some Navy ships are now propelled by nuclear power, it will be many years before there is any appreciable decrease in the Navy's petroleum requirements.
Page 1 - OIL SHALE DEVELOPMENT THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1970 US Senate, Subcommittee on Minerals, Materials, and Fuels or the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Washington, DO The subcommittee met, pursuant to
Page 43 - of the United States is vitally important. It is a strategic material and one of the few items that is absolutely essential and foremost in the minds of military commanders. Along with weapons and ammunition, petroleum receives maximum attention.
Page 92 - statement here on behalf of the Oil Shale Corp. This will be placed in the record at this point. Senator Moss. Thank you very much, Mr. Savage. And we apprecite your coming here to testify before us. (The statement by Mr. Donald L. Morgan follows:) Statement op Donald L. Morgan, for the
Page 6 - our present evaluations of the costs of production from oil shale lead us to conclude that it would be premature at this time, for economic reasons, to proceed with plans leading to lease offerings for commercial scale development of federally owned oil shale lands.
Page 23 - Senator Moss. Delivered with this a letter from the Department of Natural Resources of the State of Utah, by Charles R, Hansen, director, a list of pending applications selection in lieu. Without objection, I will order that that be inserted immediately following the Governor's statement. (The data referred to follows:) Accumulative totals concerning pending State selection applications filed in the office of the
Page 43 - of Army equipment and greater mobility of its troops assure a steady increase in its fuel requirements. While some Navy ships are now propelled by nuclear power, it will be many years before there is any appreciable decrease in the Navy's petroleum
Page 19 - treatment insofar as possible under the different processing techniques and with respect to competitive minerals." [Italics supplied for emphasis.] Since Treasury has failed to avail itself of the remedies provided in Section
Page 5 - gas requirements. W. Morton Jacobs, at that time president of AGA, said the appeal of his group was made "because of the imminence of a critical gas supply availability situation." He said their action was "prompted by our concern for the maintenance of uninterrupted gas utility service.
Page 71 - CARBONACEOUS SHALES A process has been developed which would allow the extraction of oil from shale without requiring it to be mined and brought to the surface for refining. This method is based on the discovery that in a narrow temperature range about