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Squeezing rocks

2006-09-04 18:26:53.405797+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Hey, you know all of those pump-and-dump spams you've been getting about a huge Colorado oil field: Here's an article on the large kerogen shale deposits in Colorado:

"If society wanted, it could wait 100 million years for this kerogen to mature into oil, then drill down and pump it out normally," said Terry O'Connor, Shell's vice president of external affairs. "We're just speeding up the process."

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