Show 1 Navy awards oil shale research contract The Navy has has- recently awarded additional contracts totalling to I Development Engineering i Inc a subsidiary of Development Corporation The I contracts are for services Ini in i support of the joint DoD EUDA ERDA barrel oil shale research I and development project at atI Anvil Points Colorado Tl This s is a apart apart apart I part of of a planned government program m to assess the I suitability of synthetic fuels for forI I military and commercial use THESE recently awarded c contracts contracts' r tr ts when add added to those hose previously p received bring our total awards to Harry Director said A significant step forward towards the production of approximately barrels of crude shale oil oil has ihas been ac ac- ac When combined with the barrels of crude oil currently being stored at Anvil Points it will provide the barrels of feed stock needed by the Navy for the refining phase of the proposed program stated It is anticipated that a contract contract contract con con- tract to refine the barrels of crude shale oil into a slate of military specification fuels would be let sometime next year The selection of a contractor for the refining effort will be based upon a competitive solicitation for proposals to be initiated by the Navy Upon completion of the refining phase fuel products will be distributed to vari various us government contractor facilities for extensive test evaluation With the intent of soliciting industry's technical cal views on the refining I phase of the project government and energy company officials recently met in Denver under the sponsorship of Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Association OFFICIALS from the p Department of Defense and and EHDA ERDA were l highly encouraged by the interest shown and the open and meaningful exchange of technical ideas expressed by the industry representatives who attended the meeting Max Eliason President of said A majority of the companies represented made constructive suggestions on how best to proceed p with the refining of barrels of crude shale oil We will consider these views to the maximum extent possible in the preparation of the refining Request for Proposals said Lt Larry A A. Lukens Project Director US U.S. Navy Energy and Natural Resources Office Washington DC D.C. I r m I c k 9 4 a q 4 s Via 7 tr t r w. w St Y NATIONAL GUARDSMEN who participated In the Utah tah Notional National Guard Open House held at atthe atthe atthe the armory November 29 are left to right Rich Lefto M. M Bruce Todd S. S Howard Wiseman S. S Donald Jerry Larsen Larson Thomas N N. N Sp 4 Woody Woodhouse and M M. Ken Serre |