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Show Paraho oil shale reflorfi module sev ffor loel core a Paraho Development Corporation, a leading oil shale development Corporation, Corpora-tion, a leading oil shale development company, acknowledged last week that it has received notification that the Department of Energy (DOE) is ready to negotiate on Paraho's proposal for the Design and Demonstration Plan for an above ground oil shale module to be located 40 miles southeast of Vernal. This module, a single, full-size oil shale retort, is the first step in the commercial com-mercial application of the Paraho technology for the development of the vast oil shale resource. "The initial contract between the DOE and Paraho, Phase I, will be for the preparation of a detailed design and cost estimate for a module retort," stated Harry Pforzheimer, Program Director. Funding for this program, $6.5 million will be from the DOE and Paraho project sponsors. Sponsors include in-clude Sohio Shale Oil Company (a subsidiary sub-sidiary of the Standard Oil Company (OHIO), Phillips Petroleum Company, Mobil Research and Development Company, Com-pany, The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company, Com-pany, Moon Lake Electric Association, Davy McKee Corporation, and Paraho. The work that will be carried out during dur-ing Phase I will be by a Project Team composed of Paraho, The Standard Oil Company (OHIO), the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company, Davy McKee Corporation, Corpora-tion, VTN Consolidated, Inc., and Aerovironment, Incorporated. A positive outcome from Phase I should lead to the construction and operation of a commercial shale oil plant. Initial operation of the first module in such a plant could be as early as 1983. Paraho Development Corporation has produced over 110,000 barrels (over 4,600,000 gallons) of crude shale oil at the Anvil Points Oil Shale Facility near Rifle, Colorado which is being leased by the company from the DOE. Paraho has successfully demonstrated its patented technology to be environmentally and economically economical-ly acceptable on the semi-works scale. The module program will take Paraho's successful technology out of the semi-works scale and into the commercial com-mercial scale. The site which has been selected for the facility is in northeastern Utah about 40 miles southeast of Vernal. The side is a state lease that is held by Paraho and has estimated reserve of over 57 million barrels. UANIL D?A G G E T U I N T AH vernal) NEOLA QJ Pk I S LAPOINT , s- I ourayC J 0 I I N j - V p n a Le9end v A 7 f 4 4 1 Cleveland Cliffs -J A V, 2 Geokinetics f -J J ( 3 Moon Lake Pov.er Plant j T VLJ 4 Naval Oil Reserve L j 5 Paraho 6 Proposed Roads ( 7 Texaco J 8 Tosco 9 White River Dam ) 10 White River Oil Shale NINE UINTAH COUNTY ENERGY PROJECTS along with proposed roads could turn the southern end of the county into a beehive of activity. ac-tivity. The projects are centered around the rich oil shale deposits and will need better roais serve the isolated sites. The impact from tke projects will more than double the present a' population in a ten year period. |