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  2. Shale oil - Wikipedia

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    Shale oil is an unconventional oil produced from oil shale rock fragments by pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution. These processes convert the organic matter within the rock ( kerogen ) into synthetic oil and gas .

  3. Oil shale - Wikipedia

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    Oil shale is an organic-rich fine-grained sedimentary rock containing kerogen (a solid mixture of organic chemical compounds) from which liquid hydrocarbons can be produced. In addition to kerogen, general composition of oil shales constitutes inorganic substance and bitumens. Based on their deposition environment, oil shales are classified as ...

  4. Shale oil extraction - Wikipedia

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    Shale oil extraction is an industrial process for unconventional oil production. This process converts kerogen in oil shale into shale oil by pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution. The resultant shale oil is used as fuel oil or upgraded to meet refinery feedstock specifications by adding hydrogen and removing sulfur and nitrogen ...

  5. Vaca Muerta - Wikipedia

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    The Vaca Muerta Shale is a continuous tight oil and shale gas reservoir of Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous age. The formation covers a total area of 30,000 square kilometres (12,000 sq mi). [10] The shale is at a depth of about 9,500 feet (2,900 m), where it has been found productive of oil and gas.

  6. Oil shale industry - Wikipedia

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    The oil shale industry is an industry of mining and processing of oil shale—a fine-grained sedimentary rock, containing significant amounts of kerogen (a solid mixture of organic chemical compounds), from which liquid hydrocarbons can be manufactured.

  7. Shale drilling techniques could lead to a geothermal surge ...

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    The shale drilling techniques that led to a boom in oil and gas output have also spurred the development of geothermal, which in theory could provide a stable source of power equal to the demand ...

  8. Source rock - Wikipedia

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    Cases of long distance oil migration into shallow traps away from the "generative depressions" are usually found in foreland basins. Besides pointing to zones of high petroleum potential within a sedimentary basin, subsurface mapping of a source rock's degree of thermal maturity is also the basic tool to identify and broadly delineate shale gas ...

  9. Oil shale geology - Wikipedia

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    Oil shale geology is a branch of geologic sciences which studies the formation and composition of oil shales–fine-grained sedimentary rocks containing significant amounts of kerogen, and belonging to the group of sapropel fuels. [1] Oil shale formation takes place in a number of depositional settings and has considerable compositional variation.