| Show basin oil shale test plant proves utility of product the extensive depot of 0 oil ebale in lh ill lurin both in utah anil and colorado have for or many ears are been a source of peculation speculation as to the probability of producing oil and gasoline in commercial quantity some ol 01 the uintah bain basins hale shale de tie posit posits are held by cordera aloo and individuals but a greet great portion of the areas containing oil OU hare have been set snide aside by the government aa as navy oil reserves 9 several email small refineries tor fur reducing oil from these bales have been in operation in n easier aa utah but lul the plants have never produced gasoline in commercial quantity sufficient to supply the need needs of any extensive extell sise territory the government haa has erected ex pediment perl peri ment reducing station ns at kal rill leon ison and vol boulder ilder colo and recent ly the following report was isse tied from dashington r garding the re suits arrived at in these plants optimistic report reports conce concerning aning the oil bearing qualities of shale rock in the colorado utah naval reserve land have been received by secre tary wllbur wilbur inspector W 11 II osgood in a dated march 12 said experimental aock at the rullson rulison and li colo plants indicates that ile tle gabol lne produced from hale shale will probably be equal to it not b better ater than re to present day motor fuels and that I 1 a high quality ot of diesel engine oil also will be b a pro deuced regarding tests being made the tu tilts plants planta he said that preliminary In information indicates that due to the ph amal processing proc eising required the crude oil all gives gasoline kielb especially aa result of 0 eo so called cracking opera orera lion it 1 k bellied bell ved I 1 h be added that t ie its toped trade would be available avable for or anil and mont most nearly approach al lh ili lp sp ot of naval tul fuel oil but it auald be a material which aich will hare have a high commercial value at cracking rock 0 the produce 1 will 1111 probably be equal to it if not better than the present day motor tuel fuels due to the high percentage perien taRe ot of unsaturated corn cont pounds present these lein natural antiknock antl knock conratt intents Theor Th eort ft icalla the he gasoline solane should be heal for aviation in the light ot of the report navy department fuel experts regard the bale shale reserves arvei with d 1 IM as they realize these po poo o toren stored ran can be tapped whoever shale oil production economically sound and efforts to cheapen extraction processes will be 1 continued another report abos a that one ledge of shale rock soo tel teet thick ha has been uncovered and tests indicate lla its oil constont will average from 27 gallons to one barrel per ton of 0 chale shale other tests designed to shon the fitness of shale oils for naval fuel uses will be made at the naval engineering experimental staat philadelphia and a tank car of hale oil will III be sent there from a Lo colorado lorado tation A |
