Programme  Titles  Presenters  Topics  9. U. S. Program & Policy Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 3:10 - 4:50 PM Metals Hall, Green Center Chair: James Killen, US DOE; Khosrow Biglarbigi, INTEK 09.1 Profiling oil shale research and development in the United States James Killen*, Emily Knaus 09.2 Advances in oil shale technologies for potential application in U.S. oil shale resources Peter Crawford*, James Killen, Emily Knaus 09.3 The current understanding of U.S. oil shale economics Khosrow Biglarbigi*, James Killen, Marshall Carolus 09.4 Shale oil, the new Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and why the US should pursue this strategy Stephen Sewalk*, Paul Chinowsky