Del.icio.us
Digg
StumbleUpon
Facebook
Reddit
Newsvine
co.mments
Oil Shale Opportunity Act of 2008
To allow Americans the opportunity to see their vast oil shale and tar sands resources on Federal lands developed by providing the President with the ability to determine the quickest and most responsible way to access oil shale resources.
Other Bill Titles (2 more) 6/9/2008--Introduced.
Oil Shale Opportunity Act of 2008 - Directs the President to limit the application of law as necessary to expedite the exploration and production of oil and gas from oil shale and tar sands, including, but not limited to, the issuance of any federal permit. Grants... moreSee Full Bill Text
Committees
Amendments
This bill has no amendments.
Bill Status
| Introduced |  | Voted on by House | | Voted on by Senate | | Considered By President | | Bill Becomes Law |
| June 09, 2008 |
Users tracking H.R.6211 (1) are also tracking:
| People | Bills |
|---|---|
In the News
We are not currently finding any news articles on this topic using our daily automated search of Google News. However, if you know of a relevant news article to display here, OpenCongress site editors have the ability to add it manually. Simply e-mail us the web address of this page and the web address of your suggested news article: We'll post relevant links as quickly as possible. Also, if this topic is important to you, you could write a letter to the editor -- if a news article refers this specific topic by name, a link to that news article is likely to appear here soon.
Blog Coverage
June 24, 2008 Chris Cannons Responds to Email I Sent to Cannon, Hatch & Bennett
I recently introduced legislation, HR 6211, that provides the President the authority to cut through the bureaucratic process and immediately allow for the permitting of oil from shale on federal lands. We must secure our energy future ...
June 17, 2008 Hate $4 gas ? Then be a part of the solution.
Shale bill - http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:HR6211.IH:. Outer shelf bill(Need Act) - http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:hr02784:. Congressâs #: (202) 224-3121.
Source: Redstate blogs
June 16, 2008 Finally, A Politician with a Plan
This bill (HR6211) has currently been referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. Please follow this bill and others like it (HR3089 which is referred as The No More Excuses Energy Actâit would fast track refinery building, ...
Source: A Mom's Viewpoint
2 more posts...
See most useful blog posts
Information made available by:
Rating Filter: 5
(Close help)
Comments
(Close help)
So far the blog coverage talks only about the supposed benefits of oil shale sources. What about the cons? Is it worth it for the the amount of water and energy resources that are required just to produce the oil? Billions of dollars just build the power plants for the oil shale operations?
"Mining and retorting oil shale can require up to five barrels of water for the production of just one barrel of oil; this in one of the West’s most arid regions...
A 100,000 barrel-per-day oil shale operation...would require 1,200 megawatts of electricity. That much energy would require the construction of a new power plant...To produce one million barrels of shale oil a day (as has been projected) would depend on the output of ten new power plants and five new coal mines."
http://www.ourcolorado.org/what-we-do/energy/oil-shale/
Add A Comment