Shell quiere el agua de Colorado

Pongo ésto aquí pues el hecho de que se esté tratando de obtener petroleo de éstos medios no convencionales, es clara evidencia de que estamos ya en o cerca de la cima del petroleo.

Shell seeks Colo. water for oil shale production

DENVER

Shell Oil has filed for the first major water right on the Yampa River in northwest Colorado for its oil shale development plans.

Shell applied Dec. 30 in state Water Court to use about 8 percent of the Yampa's peak spring flow.

Shell spokesman Tracy Boyd says the water would be shipped to a reservoir for later use in oil shale production.

Critics say extracting oil from shale will use too much of the West's scarce water. Some estimates say it could take up to three barrels of water to produce a single barrel of oil.

Shell says it believes its process, still in the experimental stages, will be more efficient.

Colorado, Wyoming and Utah are thought to hold 800 billion barrels of recoverable oil locked in shale.

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En especial me encanta la parte que dice: "Algunas estimaciones dicen que toma hasta tres barriles de agua para producir un solo barril de petroleo."

Wow...