OIL SHALE DEVELOPMENTS -- OIL SHALE DEVELOPMENTS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- STATEMENT OF C. STEPHEN ALLRED, LAND AND MINERALS MANAGEMENT, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, OVERSIGHT HEARING: OIL SHALE, SENATE ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE,MAY 15, 2008 -- OIL SHALE PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT -- OIL SHALE REGULATIONS -- RD&D -- THE CASE FOR OIL SHALE -- CONCLUSION -- TESTIMONY OF JAMES V. HANSEN, OIL SHALE EXPLORATION COMPANY (OSEC), MAY 15, 2008, SENATE ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE -- US OIL SHALE RESOURCE -- ELSEWHERE WORLDWIDE -- PAST US EFFORTS -- CURRENT US PROGRAMS -- OSEC AS AN EXAMPLE -- NEED FOR A FEDERAL OIL SHALE PROGRAM -- DOMENICI BILL -- TESTIMONY OF TERRY O'CONNOR, EXTERNAL AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS, SHELL EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION COMPANY, UNCONVENTIONAL OIL, BEFORE THE UNITED STATES SENATE ENERGY COMMITTEE, MAY 15, 2008 -- BILL RITTER, JR., GOVERNOR OF COLORADO, TESTIMONY BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES, OVERSIGHT HEARING: OIL SHALE RESOURCES, -- BACKGROUND PRINCIPLES -- COLORADO'S OIL SHALE COUNTRY -- MOVING FORWARD WISELY ON OIL SHALE -- COLORADO PERSPECTIVES ON PENDING OIL SHALE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS -- American Energy Production Act, S. 2958 -- Oil Shale and Tar Sands Leasing Act of 2008, S. 221 -- CONCLUSION -- ATTACHMENTS -- STATEMENT OF STEVE SMITH, THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY, BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES UNITED STATES SENATE, REGARDING OIL SHALE DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH, MAY 15, 2008 -- DEVELOPMENTS IN OIL SHALE* -- ABSTRACT -- BACKGROUND -- OIL SHALE RESOURCE POTENTIAL -- CHALLENGES TO DEVELOPMENT -- Competition with Regional Resources -- Supply and Disposition -- Processing -- Carbon Emissions -- Water -- Defense Fuels -- Restrictions to Leasing -- COMMERCIAL LEASING PROGRAM -- RD&D Program -- OSEC -- Chevron -- EGL -- Shell.

Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement -- Colorado[41] -- Mineral Leasing Act Amendments -- Commercial Lease Sale and Royalty Rates -- Proposed Leasing Rules -- Proposed Royalties -- Private Lease Terms -- CONCLUSION AND POLICY PERSPECTIVE -- REFERENCES -- GEOLOGY AND RESOURCES OF SOME WORLD OIL-SHALE DEPOSITS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- RECOVERABLE RESOURCES -- DETERMINING GRADE OF OIL SHALE -- ORIGIN OF ORGANIC MATTER -- THERMAL MATURITY OF ORGANIC MATTER -- CLASSIFICATION OF OIL SHALE -- EVALUATION OF OIL-SHALE RESOURCES -- AUSTRALIA -- Torbanite -- Tasmanite -- Toolebuc Oil Shale -- Eastern Queensland -- BRAZIL -- Paraíba Valley -- Iratí Formation -- CANADA -- New Brunswick Oil Shale -- CHINA -- Fushun -- Maoming -- ESTONIA -- Dictyonema Shale -- ISRAEL -- JORDAN -- SYRIA -- MOROCCO -- RUSSIA -- SWEDEN -- THAILAND -- TURKEY -- UNITED STATES -- Green River Formation -- Geology -- Historical Developments -- Untitled -- Other Mineral Resources -- Eastern Devonian-Mississippian Oil Shale -- Depositional Environment -- Resources -- SUMMARY OF WORLD RESOURCES OF SHALE OIL -- REFERENCES -- OIL SHALE: HISTORY, INCENTIVES, AND POLICY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- GEOLOGY AND PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY OF OIL SHALE -- Kerogen -- Conventional Refining -- Synthetic Fuel Production -- Oil Shale Retorting -- HISTORY OF OIL SHALE DEVELOPMENT -- Early Synthetic Liquid Fuels Efforts -- Defense Department Programs -- Department of Energy Synthetic Fuels Program -- U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation -- Renewed Interest in Oil Shale -- INCENTIVES AND DISINCENTIVES TO DEVELOPMENT -- The Cost of Constructing an Oil Shale Facility -- The Ideal Size for an Oil Shale Facility -- Competing with Imported Distillates -- Regulatory Disincentives -- POLICY PERSPECTIVE AND CONSIDERATION -- APPENDIX: LEGISLATIVE HISTORY -- REFERENCES -- OIL SHALE MANAGEMENT RULE.

REPORT UNDER 5 U.S.C. 801(A)(2)(A) ON A MAJOR RULE ISSUED BY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT ENTITLED "OIL SHALE MANAGEMENT-GENERAL" (RIN: 1004-AD90) -- (I) Cost-Benefit Analysis -- (II) Agency Actions Relevant to the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 603-605, 607, and 609 -- (III) Agency Actions Relevant to Sections 202-205 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, 2 U.S.C. 1532-1535 -- (IV) Other Relevant Information or Requirements under Acts and Executive Orders Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 551 Et Seq. -- WATER RIGHTS RELATED TO OIL SHALE DEVELOPMENT IN THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN* -- ABSTRACT -- WATER RIGHTS IN THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN GENERALLY -- COLORADO BASIN STATES' LAWS AFFECTING WATER RIGHTS -- THE LAW OF THE RIVER AND INTERSTATE WATER ALLOCATION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.