Operations
Enefit American Oil owns or leases more than 30,000 acres (120 km2) of oil shale property in the Green River Basin in Utah, containing more than 3–4 billion barrels (480×106–640×106 m3) of shale oil. It also leases from the United States Bureau of Land Management the abandoned White River Oil Shale Mine 45 miles (72 km) southeast of Vernal, Utah. The White River Mine was developed by the White River Shale Corporation in the early 1980s. In 1986, after termination of operations, the mine and surface facilities were turned over to the Bureau of Land Management. Enefit American Oil intends to reopen the mine to supply oil shale for testing, development, and operation of a surface-based 50,000 barrels per day (7,900 m3/d) RD&D oil shale retort facility. The company plans to have all the necessary permits by the end of 2016 and to have commercial production by 2020.
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