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Who We Are
inventors and entrepreneurs
In the early 1980’s Jay Duke built a plant that could extract bitumen from tar sands without the emulsive and harsh treatments currently in use. The plant was a success, but due to the unfortunate drop in oil prices at that time it was no longer profitable to extract the bitumen. The plant was disassembled and everyone went their way. Fotunately, Jay Duke continued to perfect the process knowing that someday an energy crisis would have a great impact on our economy. Over that last twenty years the process, though functional in 1984, has become even more efficient.
Legacy I, recently formed, is the brain child of Jay Duke, his wife Sharlene, and son Shane Duke. Machinists by trade, inventors by heart the Duke family has kept alive a dream that began in the seventies with Sharlene‘s father, Hugh Gagon. Legacy I has already filed for patent protection of their process.
The Legacy I team is poised to prove that tar sand extraction in Utah can be done. Although the process was proven in the 80‘s, Legacy I intends to put Utah tar sands on the map. Legacy I will provide a means to extract tar sands at rate far more efficient than our Canadian neighbors and do so without devastating the environment. In fact, Legacy I has a process so environmentally friendly it will be an enormous achievement.