Show Wyoming Meet to Study Oil Shale A Blast Near Hear Here The director of the U. U S S. S Bureau of Mines Petroleum Research Center in Laramie Wyoming says sas two oil research companies have invited state and federal federal federal fed fed- eral government officials and about 30 petroleum companies to a technical meet in Laramie Wednesday on a proposed pro posed project to recover oil from shale reserves by nuclear explosion Director Gerald Dineen said the meetIng meeting meeting meet meet- ing would cover problems involved in oil shale recovery and results of re re- research research search conducted by the Bureau of Mines center He lie said no policy decision would be made at the meeting THE TWO companies involved CEH of Las Vegas and Western rn Oil Shale Corporation of Salt Lake City have invited governors of Wyoming Colorado and Utah as well welt as representatives representatives from front the federal government and the petroleum industry Mr Dineen said the companies are considering an oil recovery project south of Vernal but emphasized they would need peed to enter an agreement with the Atomic Energy Commission before the experiment could be e conducted He said the companies have taken a lease on a portion of state land in the Utah area Mr Dineen said the centers center's research has pas indicated oil recovery through nuclear nuclear nuclear nu nu- clear means may be reasonably feasible feasible feasible fea fea- sible He said results of the research are encouraging but said the main problem pro bleu blem has been the varied sizes of oC shale resulting from underground e explosions However Mr Mr- Dineen said recent research research re reo search indicates rocks can be heated more easily than previous researchers had through THE SIX SIX HOUR HOUR meeting will include a tour of the centers center's research site north of Laramie Another U U. S S. S Bureau Dureau o of Mines research research re reo search center in Bartle ville Oklahoma Oklahoma Okla Okla- homa worked on PI PIth the th project ct Rulison site in Colorado Mr Dineen said null Hull son was a gas recovery project He lie said no oil shale recovery projects have been proposed for Wyoming Mr Mr- Dineen said the companies have scheduled a closed meting Thursday to decide whether to propose the experiment ex ex- to the t |