Oil Shale Core Hole and Rotary Hole Locations in the State of Wyoming

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Theme: geoscientificInformation
Theme: Oil shale resources, Economic geology
Theme: Energy resources, Oil shale, Oil, Resource assessment, Earth science, Natural resources, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, Geology, Eocene Green River Formation
Place: United States, Green River Basin, WY, Wyoming, Washakie Basin

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This file contains points that describe locations of oil shale core holes, rotary holes, and surface sections in the state of Wyoming and is available as an ESRI shapefile, Google Earth KMZ file, and ASCII text file.

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Increasing energy demand, changing economics, new technology, and geopolitical issues have spurred renewed interest in other energy alternatives such as oil shale, heavy oil, and tar sands. The USGS Energy Resources Program has previously conducted extensive field and geologic research on these commodities and is initiating an effort to inventory and make these important legacy information assets accessible to the public, land managers, and other decision-makers. In addition, the Energy Program is scoping the geologic, technical, economic, and environmental factors controlling the production and use of these energy sources and will provide recommendations for future research in order to meet the energy needs of the United States.

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