About the Repository
The Tell Ertl Oil Shale Repository was established in 1989 by the Tell Ertl family to support research on oil shale and the associated industries, with an emphasis on the Western US.
Our focus:
- Technology of shale extraction
- Cycles of oil shale development
- Oil shale in Colorado and the US West
- Special Collections & ArchivesFor information on using the Collections, donating, Digital Archives and more.
Related Guides -- Oil Shale
Find Oil Shale Materials
- Library Catalog - Colorado School of Mines This link opens in a new window
Search the library's catalog for physical and electronic resources to find books, articles, maps, videos, and more. - Mines Repository This link opens in a new window
The Mines Institutional Repository is a database designed to store, index, distribute, and preserve the scholarship of faculty, researchers, staff, and students of the School in digital form. It provides free, worldwide open access to scholarly and administrative works produced by or about the Colorado School of Mines.
- Digital Repository, Institute for Clean and Secure EnergyDigital resources related to the Institute's research
Additional Resources
US Bureau of Land Management
US DOE (Dept. of Energy)
- America's Oil Shale: A Roadmap for Federal Decision Making (2004)
- Secure Fuels from Domestic Resources: The Continuing Evolution of America's Oil Shale and Tar Sands Industries
- Strategic Significance of America's Oil Shale Resource. Volume I Volume II
What Every Westerner Should Know About Oil Shale, Center of the American West
Oil Shale Development in the United States: Prospects and Policy Issues. RAND Corporation, 2005.
Oil Shale: History, Incentives, and Policy, Congressional Research Services Report, April 13, 2006
Oil Shale: Energy Minerals Division of AAPG
Hydraulic Fracturing [oil bearing shale], USGS
Organizations
US Geological Survey, Energy Resource Program--Oil Shale
Institute for Clean and Secure Energy, University of Utah
ECCOS (Environmentally Conscious Consumers for Oil Shale)
NOSA (National Oil Shale Association)