OIT Times: Salt Lake City to "Showcase" Mining, Petroleum, Aluminum Technologies and Best Practices

June 24, 2001

OIT and the State of Utah will host the Utah 2001 Industry Showcase from August 27-29, 2001 at the Sheraton City Centre in Salt Lake City. The showcase will exhibit best practices and several advanced, energy efficient technologies from three of the nine most energy intensive industries: petroleum, mining, and aluminum.

The Utah 2001 Showcase will feature plant tours, breakout sessions, over 40 exhibits, and a congressional forum which will include local members of Congress and industry CEOs. The State of Utah will also sign a emorandum of Understandingpartnership with OIT at the event. Plant tours will include: Alcoa - Spanish Fork, UT (aluminum), MagCorp - Rowley Junction, UT (mining), Kennecott - Copperton, UT (mining), Flying J refinery North Salt Lake, UT (petroleum), Silver Eagle - Woods Cross, UT (petroleum), Chevron - Salt Lake City, UT (petroleum).

For information, call 1-800-862-2086 or visit http://www.oit.doe.gov/cfm/fullarticle.cfm/id=333.