Oil shale industry: a resume for 1924

Abstract

Introduction: The outstanding events of the year have been the active interest of the United States government, through the needs of the Naval Department for a dependable supply of oil, the completion and continuous operation of a commercial oil shale plant at Elko-the first in the United States-the pioneer distillation work of M. J. Trumble in making water-white gasoline from Oil shale in one operation, the recognition of oil shale at the London Exposition, the oil shale conference at Sacramento together with the working exhibit of the Colorado School 01 Mines, and the increasing world-wide interest in the subject, notably in England, Sweden, Estonia, South Africa, Australia and Tasmania.