According to a U.S. Department of Energy report, approximately 2 trillion barrels of oil are locked in shale in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, and commercial production could start by 2011. Bob Loucks, former oil shale project manager with Occidental Petroleum, shares his perspective on the findings with Laura Carlson.
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