Show ir 3 a t fJ tI II tJi i Yb iI y aC x t K lt 8 1 j 1 A 1 tt I i i Ile SPENT This Is the shale oil rock after the oil all has been ex- ex extracted extracted This rock came from the retort South of Ouray They were recently awarded a 6 million contract to refine the crude oil all from shale Into usable let Jet and diesel fuels If Wi 1 Air Arr Force contract i given ve n na J J JI I t J a if j I 11 Inc has been awarded a contract by the depart depart- department ment of Defense to pro pro- produce produce duce military jet fuel from oil shale Mike Lekas president sta sta- stated ted the contract was a pleasant surprise for the company is pioneering in the upgrading ing and refining oil shale as a usable product has been in inthe inthe the oil shale development for seven years and Lekas explained that there is no market for crude shale oil You have to have usable products and this contract will allow us to convert crude shale oil to a ausable ausable usable product he said Ground testing of jet engines will be performed at at a number of Air Force test facilities Air Force F 15 and F 16 fighters based at Hill Air Force Base in Utah will operate on the tho shale derived fuel in ina ina a series of flight tests These tests will represent represent sent the first major use of synthetic fuel by the Air Force will supply proximately approximately half hale of the barrels of crude shale oil requested from its shale oil production facil facil- facility ity south of Vernal The maj majority of this oil is already produced and sto sto- sto stored red The balance will come from the Governments Government's shale oil stockpile at Anvil Points Colorado This shale oil reserve was purchased from tics and will refine the shale oil through a subcontract to Caribou Four Corners Comers Inc at Caribous Caribou's Woods Cross Refinery near Salt Lake Modifications will be made to the refinery including a hydro and other equipment necessary for processing shale oil There are differences in inthe inthe the crude oil derived from shale verses that of drill drill- drilling ing Almost all shale oil oilcan oilcan can be produced into jet fuel and deisel because of the boiling temperature It maintains Regular crude will produce about 20 low value residue 20 gasoline and the remaining 60 into deisel There is a five month period allowing the com com- companies to refine the oil at which point the jet fuel will be delivered to Hill Air Force base be loaded into a fuel tank of a F 16 fighter and flown Tests Tests for long range effects on the turbines and blades on jet engines both on the ground and in inthe inthe the air will be conducted by the government and Caribou have entered into a long term tenn agreement to develop and test Improved me- me methods methods of refining crude shale oil into commercial products Inc is a public corporation based in Salt Lake and is engaged in shale oil devel devel- development and production Caribou Four Com Corners rs Inc is a privately owned company based in Afton Wyoming Caribou oper oper- operates ates a refinery at Woods Cross Utah and the Maverick Country Soo Sto- Sto Stores res |