Show Federal oil shale funds expected for initial phase The House Appropriations Committee Committee Com scheduled to report out a bill Wednesday which will contain a record 50 million for Cor oil shale development Inthe in inthe inthe the mountain states of Utah Wyoming and Colorado Rep Gunn McKay DUtah Utah a member of the subcommittee which handles funds for the new Department of Energy was Instrumental in adding 20 million to the administrations administration's budget request for the initial phase of cost shared cost shared project to build a demonstration module for an aboveground above above- ground oil shale retort Viable T Technology The Committee is convinced said Mr McKay that the country has waited for too long to demonstrate whether or not surface pro processing essing of oil shale will be 00 a viable technology It According to Mr McKay the committee com come believes that the quickest way to prove the commercial feasibility of oil oU shale retorting is to construct at least one retort on a shared cost basis with industry Shale Project Goal The goal of this project said Mr McKay is to produce e barrels of oil oU a day from oil oU shale No decision has been reached on where the doom on stratton project will be located he said The House Committee Is providing nearly 50 million milUm for oil shale programs for fiscal 1979 as compared to million for this fiscal year In fiscal 1977 the federal government spent 20 million on oil shale programs and in fiscal 1976 the amount spent was only 8 3 million |