{"id":3228,"date":"2021-01-13T00:31:30","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T00:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oilshaleassoc.org\/?page_id=3228"},"modified":"2021-04-30T21:20:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T21:20:13","slug":"nosa-white-paper","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oilshaleassoc.org\/nosa-white-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"NOSA White Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3228\" class=\"elementor elementor-3228\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2f0dfbe elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"2f0dfbe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fdef458\" data-id=\"fdef458\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88e0afe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"88e0afe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">NOSA\u2019s White Paper on Oil Shale<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-dfb8032 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dfb8032\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1981265\" data-id=\"1981265\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e7f6e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e7f6e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>NOSA recently prepared a White Paper that outlines what it believes should be the program and sequence of events that would, over time, lead to a commercial oil shale industry in the USA. NOSA has been seeking the support of Congress, Federal agencies, and State governments for the NOSA proposals put forth in the White Paper.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c0ece4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c0ece4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The White Paper is titled \u201c<strong>U.S. Oil Shale Opportunity<\/strong>\u201d with a subtitle \u201c<strong>An Untapped Domestic Oil and Gas Resource Waiting to Create Jobs, Generate Tax &amp; Royalty Revenues and Further Domestic Energy Security<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Key recommendations from the White Paper<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Congress should implement oil shale recommendations put forth in the 2005 Energy Policy Act and reassess the Final Report of the Task Force on Unconventional Fuels (2007)<\/li>\n<li>An industry\/government Oil Shale Advisory Board should be established to update the 2007 report and provide recommendations for a slower, more systematic approach to oil shale development.<\/li>\n<li>Federal government should cooperate with industry to construct and operate oil shale demonstration plants soon so the technical, environmental, and socioeconomic issues can be addressed in a systematic way, thus avoiding the boom-and-bust cycles of the past.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-01e889f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"01e889f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5dcd7ba\" data-id=\"5dcd7ba\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6526c6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"6526c6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/oilshaleassoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NOSA-White-Paper-050117-2021.03.19.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">THE NOSA WHITE PAPER<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-179ffef\" data-id=\"179ffef\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5b0ec6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a5b0ec6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/oilshaleassoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Volume-I-IntegratedPlan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">2007 TASK FORCE REPORT<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOSA\u2019s White Paper on Oil Shale NOSA recently prepared a White Paper that outlines what it believes should be the program and sequence of events that would, over time, lead to a commercial oil shale industry in the USA. 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