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Oil shale technology has come a long way

RBC I Progress has been made in oil shale research and development in the United States during the past year. Similar advances have been made outside U.S. borders.
Technologies for ex-situ and in-situ processes are much more advanced than those anticipated for use and tested in the 1970 to 1980 era. The approach to project development is entirely different than the rush to commercialization of the last boom.
The current development approach is deliberate, staged…