Show Shale oil refined into int products Petroleum extracted last week from western Colorado shale in the largest rock rock- refining yet undertaken un un- undertaken soon will be coursing through engines belonging to the US U.S. military TIlE THE FOUR DAY FOUK-DAY DAY Y refining run at the Gary Western Refinery in Fruita Colorado ended last week except for a few odd jobs still to be done said Ron Branish treasurer of Gary Operating Co in Denver Under a Navy contract the refinery produced about barrels of seven different petroleum products including gasoline aviation fuel and fuel oil Company executives say it was the first time shale oil had been broken down into more than one product TO MY knowledge this was the first shale oil produced in such quantities although its it's been produced in much smaller amounts in laboratories Branish said The shale fields of the West mainly in a square-mile square area at the connecting corn corners rs of Colorado Wyoming and Utah contain an estimated 18 trillion barrels of oil That's far more than the reserves of the Middle East Energy experts have said for years that tha t shale would prove an answer to the United States' States energy problems |