Market analysis of shale oil co-products

This study estimates that the projected markets for soda ash and alumina could potentially support a shale oil industry of 500,000 barrels per day by the year 2000. Thus, co-product minerals could make an important economic contribution to a shale oil industry by improving the economics of the total project. This could potentially extend the oil shale resource that is economically recoverable and lower the minimum economic plant size. 3 refs.