Office of Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves

Office of Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves

The United States Office of Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves is part of the US Department of Energy. It was established in 1912 to monitor and analyse the US's oil shale reserves.



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