Very well done report from Dennis Webb. Down and over on the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.
Dennis Webb:
".....Both companies have proposed in-situ projects in which kerogen would be heated in place underground to produce oil. The processes would take place deeper than freshwater aquifers, in formations isolated from them, to minimize groundwater impacts.
“RD&D leases provide the opportunity for industry to test and develop technologies to determine whether they can be viable on a commercial scale,” Kent Walter, field manager of the BLM’s White River Field Office, said in a news release. “This critical research, development and demonstration work will also help us answer important questions about the water demands and potential impacts of commercial-scale development, so that we can forge a responsible and orderly path forward if the technology proves viable.”
The environmental review’s release follows the BLM’s recent proposal to sharply reduce overall acreage available for potential oil shale leasing in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah. Under that proposal, it also would consider issuing only RD&D leases first, with the potential to issue commercial leases later depending on the success and impacts of initial projects....."
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May 19, 2012
April 17, 2012
SandBoxBlogs: Grand Junction Daily Sentinel "Mesa County blasts BLM oil shale plan"
Looks like all that heat that GarCo commissioners are taking from their detractors doesn't carry a lot of persuasion with neighboring counties.
They agree with our BOCC when it comes to the issue of oil shale leasing controls.
Mike Wiggins:
"Mesa County commissioners on Monday blistered the Bureau of Land Management’s proposal to slash the amount of land potentially available for oil shale and tar sands development in the Rocky Mountain West, alleging the federal agency is irrationally capitulating to environmental groups and ignoring the input of local governments and other stakeholders....." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
They agree with our BOCC when it comes to the issue of oil shale leasing controls.
Mike Wiggins:
"Mesa County commissioners on Monday blistered the Bureau of Land Management’s proposal to slash the amount of land potentially available for oil shale and tar sands development in the Rocky Mountain West, alleging the federal agency is irrationally capitulating to environmental groups and ignoring the input of local governments and other stakeholders....." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
April 9, 2012
SandBoxBlogs: Glenwood Springs Post Independent "Garfield commissioners sign joint oil shale resolution"
(See related stories here)
John Stroud:
"“This resolution has a very negative tone … which just takes away from the real issue,” he said.
The multi-county position statement supports the 2008 BLM decision, approved in the waning days of the Bush administration. A draft version of the resolution came out of a late March meeting of county commissioners from the affected counties.
It takes the BLM to task for what the affected view as listening more closely to “anti-oil-shale and pro-wilderness groups” in revising the oil shale plan. The revised EIS was required in a 2009 legal settlement between the BLM and 13 environmental groups that filed suit over the Bush-era plan.
“Are there some harsh words in here? Yes there are,” Commissioner Mike Samson said in supporting the resolution. “We're tired of things being done against us, so there is some resentment on our part.
“Maybe that's what it takes to get Congress's attention, and to take us serious,” he said. “Instead of fighting energy development at every step of the way, we're saying, please work with us.”
Commissioner Tom Jankvosky has been the lead representative for Garfield County, as an official cooperating agency, working with the BLM on the EIS revision. He said the BLM's preferred alternative wasn't even contemplated until late in the game last fall.
“There are some radical things stated here,” he said of the resolution. “But it's meant to say that if we can't have some reasonable process for oil shale research and development, then we set ourselves up for a rush to drill in the future. Then we will all be very drastically impacted.”...."
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"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
John Stroud:
"“This resolution has a very negative tone … which just takes away from the real issue,” he said.
The multi-county position statement supports the 2008 BLM decision, approved in the waning days of the Bush administration. A draft version of the resolution came out of a late March meeting of county commissioners from the affected counties.
It takes the BLM to task for what the affected view as listening more closely to “anti-oil-shale and pro-wilderness groups” in revising the oil shale plan. The revised EIS was required in a 2009 legal settlement between the BLM and 13 environmental groups that filed suit over the Bush-era plan.
“Are there some harsh words in here? Yes there are,” Commissioner Mike Samson said in supporting the resolution. “We're tired of things being done against us, so there is some resentment on our part.
“Maybe that's what it takes to get Congress's attention, and to take us serious,” he said. “Instead of fighting energy development at every step of the way, we're saying, please work with us.”
Commissioner Tom Jankvosky has been the lead representative for Garfield County, as an official cooperating agency, working with the BLM on the EIS revision. He said the BLM's preferred alternative wasn't even contemplated until late in the game last fall.
“There are some radical things stated here,” he said of the resolution. “But it's meant to say that if we can't have some reasonable process for oil shale research and development, then we set ourselves up for a rush to drill in the future. Then we will all be very drastically impacted.”...."
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"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
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