Predicted environmental and social impacts of the proposed oil shale integrated tri-generation system (OSITGS)

A preliminary analysis of the OSITGS was conducted to determine the nature and expected rates of various effluent streams emerging from such a process ing facility. Mining and processing of oil shale will significantly disturb the environment (e.g. pollution by dust particles and ash derived from oil shale as well as various gaseous emissions will ensue in the neighbourhood of the development project). However, it is likely that solid-waste handli ng (including ultimate disposal) as well as land use impacts will be of gre ater concern than air emissions from the proposed oil shale operations. It is predicted that the proposed OSITGS will be an environmentally acceptable technique for producing synthetic fuels and electricity from oil shale.