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October 15, 2008

Utah governor: Get going on oil shale

By JUDITH KOHLER
Associated Press Writer

GOLDEN, Colo. — The governor of one of three states that could benefit greatly from oil shale says the Interior Department should move quickly and write regulations for its development before a new administration takes over.

Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman said his state is open to the potential of developing the more than 1 trillion barrels of oil believed to be trapped in rock in a swath of land cutting through Utah, northwestern Colorado and Wyoming. It amounts to about three times the proven oil reserves of Saudi Arabia.


 
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