Oil shale

Shale Oil A new player -at least in the United States- is entering in the game with a lot of enthusiasm among some of the audience, and a lot of skepticism by some others, that this unconventional player will overtake the conventional ones any time soon. Although, Big hops are held on the new player in the future. This new player is oil shale. The number estimated of oil shale in place in the US is around 4.28 trillion Barrel. An immense amount that’s even hard to

the top 3 producers of Oil shale in the world. Oil shale is important because of its usage and economical factor , It can be transformed or treated into diesel and jet fuels or petrol. Oil shale was deposited in the Songlio Basin(NE china) during the upper cretaceous period, representing an excellent hydrocarbon source of rocks. By definition Oil shale also knows as kerogen shale is a fine grained sedimentary rock containing organic matter that yields substantial amounts of oil and combustible gas

6. URANIUM IN MUDROCKS - BLACK SHALES It has been broadly recognized that black shales can be hosts of a significant amount of Uranium when compared to other sedimentary rocks (Swanson, 1961). The black shales are very attractive because these typically contain good quantities of organic matter, and therefore, are potential stratigraphic intervals for source of hydrocarbons (Peters and Cassa, 1994). The generated hydrocarbons (oil and natural gas) from these shales are derived directly from the thermal

Extraction of shale oil and gas has turned the energy market on its head. It has led to the price of gas in North America to fall sharply, and in Europe prices have been greatly affected as well. The US are becoming less dependent on energy imports, and the country could possibly become a net exporter of energy in a few years. Such developments could change the geopolitical balance of the world's great powers. Statoil (NOR) Statoil`s shale reservoirs and reservoirs with dense rocks is an important

technology on extraction of shale gas and oil? Unconventional gas and oil extraction process known as hydraulic fracturing, hydrofracking or fracking is a technique used to extract shale gas and oil, on which high pressure fluid is injected, mainly water, containing sand, chemicals or other granular materials which are pumped with a fluid medium under pressure into rock, so that fractures formed in this process are held open when the pressure is released, allowing oil or gas to flow more freely

Generally, shale is a fine-grained sedimentary rock created from silt and clay-size mineral particles with properties to substance we commonly call “mud”. In geological term, shale is categorized as one of the mudstones. Properties of shale is rather distinguishing as it is made up of many thin layers which readily splits into thin pieces of layers. Shale can be used for numerous application based on the substance which exist in the shale formation. Most shale can be crushed and mixed with water

Trial 8: Power Crises Shale Oil Rep. In this case, I represented Shale Oil. It was my job to persuade the town’s people of Ethictopia to use Shale Oil to be the power source for their community. I presented oil in the best light possible. I did point out the pros and cons through the maximalism perspective, by providing the best information possible. I had a difficult time trying to talk people in to using an energy source, which I personally feel needs to be pulled off the shelf. However,

effects. The massive oil deposits recovered by modern hydraulic fracturing can be considered as the oil boom of the twenty-first century and with new methods, safety procedures, and technology, potential hazards can be reduced or even eliminated. Due to the many possible hazards of the fracking process, it has initiated much political discussion at the state and federal levels of government, while inciting concern of local citizens. Fracking is not the cleanest alternative to oil reclamation, but has

become “energy independent.” As demand for energy rises, the need to extract more and dirtier fossil fuels will rise as well. Tar sands oil and oil shale are dirtier cousins to conventional oil. Despite its name, oil shale is not oil at all, but a rock that contains a waxy substance known as kerogen. Kerogen has only one tenth the energy potential of crude oil. When kerogen is heated to high temperatures, it liquefies and can been turned into a synthetic petroleum product. There are two methods

applications and economics of oil in the Greater Green River Basin. This paper will mainly focus on the oil shale within the basin but will also touch on some of the more conventional oil and gas plays as well. According to Crawford and Killen (2010), Oil Shale is defined as being “a sedimentary rock embedded with organic material called kerogen… and has not been under the necessary heat, pressure, and/or depth for the right length of time to form crude oil”. Oil shale is typically found in silica