Thank you for that map.
I just sent it to Bill O’Reilly. He wanted to know what we thought about McNut’s interview.
Prior to your sharing your map, I sent him photos of ANWR and what a liar McNut was (although I used polite terms…a difficulty for me when I get wired).
I followed that up with your map.
I also asked him (not holding my breath here) to show those photographs of ANWR on his show. I am sure he will (/sacr).
Oil shale - by far the largest deposits in the world are found in the United States in the Green River Formation, which covers portions of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. Estimates of the oil resource in place within the Green River Formation range from 1.2 to 1.8 trillion barrels. Not all resources in place are recoverable; however, even a moderate estimate of 800 billion barrels of recoverable oil from oil shale in the Green River Formation is three times greater than the proven oil reserves of Saudi Arabia. Present U.S. demand for petroleum products is about 20 million barrels per day. If oil shale could be used to meet a quarter of that demand, the estimated 800 billion barrels of recoverable oil from the Green River Formation would last for more than 400 years.
I has been estimated that it is profitable to recover with oil at a less than $50 per bbl. Why are we not doing it?