Is oil shale America's answer to peak-oil challenge?

Oil and Gas Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 30, 2004, Pages 16-24

  Bunger, James W ^a   Crawford, Peter M ^b   Johnson, Harry R ^b  

^a J W Bunger and Associates Inc   (United States)

^b Intek Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL GAS; SHALE;

AMERICA;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

OIL INDUSTRY; OIL SHALE; OIL SUPPLY; RESOURCE SCARCITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4043142085     PISSN: 00301388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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