Contrary to common wisdom, oil and water are intimately linked - in the process of extracting the fuel from shale oil. Frustrating! Wasatch Environmental Update for July 6, 2008 SALT LAKE CITY, UT (krcl) - Senators Hatch and Bennett rail against the congressional moratorium on leasing public lands in the West for extraction of fuel from Shale Oil and Tar Sands. We note that the region has no water to spare for the water-intensive extraction processes. © Copyright 2009, krcl