Mountain West Energy, LLC is an American unconventional oil recovery technology research and development company based in Orem, Utah.
[2] Mountain West Energy has proposed an experimental technology for in-situ shale oil extraction called In-Situ Vapor Extraction.
For conversion of the kerogen in oil shale into shale oil, the company proposes using a high temperature gas, injected through an injection well.
[1] In 2009, Mountain West Energy concluded an exclusive agreement with San Leon Energy granting the San Leon rights to the technology for a three-year pilot project on the Tarfaya oil shale deposit of Morocco.
San Leon signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Office of Hydrocarbon and Mining of Morocco on the Tarfaya oil shale deposit in May 2009.