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Show vramie energy center director ,ves world attending meetings o a significant month for je Energy Technology '"i'iETO marking increased ' Z, the Center in the in-s, in-s, arena. LETC's Director, W Decora, represented the tbe Department of Energy ' rtant technical meetings in and Europe. Decora is a i Wyoming and a University of distinguished Alumnus. .was the General Chairman of ctiale Colloquium along with "Ld Sdiqui, Director of . Ministry of Energy and Mines " Kingdom of Morocco. This '' m was co-sponsored by the " of Morocco, the Agency for .Development (U.S. Staie JjenO.and the U.S. Department ani . nrimary objective of the ' "0 was a presentation of '.'cues oil shale technology to the 'can Government their j staff as well as to the private pecora presented "Oil Shale rcial Projects, United States" "oioquium, which also included other technical papers, ations, and discussions relating ses of oil shale development. Sndom of Morocco is planning 'op a 50,000 barrel per day oil .justry and bring it on line as a possible. This Colloquium i current technology to the 100 an officials who attended and ed them with those United jmpanies interested in doing 3 in Morocco. The strong , j of American oil shale leaders Meeting will not only benefit the ment of the Moroccan oil shale 'te, but also the conization coni-zation of oil snale in the United 3 Oct. 11 to Oct. 15, Dr. Decora .Jerusalem, Israel, where he jted in Department of Energy ,;. of Israeli plans to build a W40.000 barrels-per-day oil shale Oil shale occurrences are very wide spread in Israel. Reserves amounting to at least 600 million tons have been established with an average of 14 percent organic matter. Israel plans to use o,l shale for steam and power rather than for oil production because of their urgent needs for power as contrasted with a smaller demand for transportation fuels. Dr. Decora also participated in the 2nd Oil Shale and Tar Sands Panel of the United Nations Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy held in Geneva, Switzerland, Oct. 20-24 The panel began its work as a result of a resolution of the General Assembly of the UN who commissioned several other panels as well. The General Assembly wants a report from the various panels to be presented to their body in Nairobi in August of 1981. Decora, an international authority on oil shale, was nominated by the U.S Government and selected by a UN Secretary-General to be an expert member of the first panel, which met at the United Nations in New York City last January. He was elected chairman of the panel, which is comprised of experts from France, Morocco, Canada, Brazil, the People's Republic of China, the Soviet Union, Iran, Egypt, and the United States. These international activities of LETC are an added dimension to its role as lead center for the in situ development of the nation's oil shale and non-oil shale processes. LETC has been an important part of the Laramie scene since 1924 when two researchers established a Petroleum Field Office as part of the Bureau of Mines, United States Department of Interior. Dr. Decora, a native of Rock Springs, Wyo., has been Director of the Center since 1975, directing a work force of 185 employees and managing a current budget exceeding 50 million dollars. z : h r-rn i it I 1 . 1 I 7 1 i f 5 J m ' V' i ) . I ; I horn f . 1 f - . . : I , .... .... , ,. , ' ; r- v7- ,j ."7 , . ' ' v' anajeii ijHLEY ELEMENTARY STUDENTS participate in morning flag 'ralota m ceremony and Pledge of Allegiance as teachers try to d to 1vey pride of country. ; for res |
