Programme  Titles  Presenters  Topics  7. Resource Characterization Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 1:00 - 2:40 PM Metals Hall, Green Center Chair: Ronald Johnson, USGS; Matthew Sares, CGS 07.1 Albert County oil shale – resource characterization and preliminary assessment of development concepts Roland Butler, Lawrence Winter, Carol Seymour, J. Dean Thibault*, Tim McKeen, Stephanie Scott 07.2 Potential benefits of minerals and metals as added value to oil shale in Jordan Musa Resheidat*, Jan Krason 07.3 An assessment of in-place oil shale resources in the Green River Formation, Piceance Basin, Colorado Ronald Johnson*, Tracey Mercier, Michael Brownfield, Michael Pantea, Jesse Self 07.4 Assessment of in-place nahcolite resources in the Green River Formation, Piceance Basin, Colorado Michael Brownfield*, Tracey Mercier, Ronald Johnson, Jesse Self