Oil Shale • The Coming Global Oil Crisis http://www.oilcrisis.com/shale/ This paper explains why oil shale is so difficult to unlock, and why the “rock that burns” may never provide more than one percent of U.S. energy. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:46:00 GMT
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Oil Shale http://www.wilderness.org/OurIssues/Energy/OilShale.cfm The Department of the Interior is rushing to finalize regulations that would govern commercial leasing and development of oil shale, a sedimentary rock containing kerogen which ... Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:36:00 GMT
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Oil shale extraction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_shale_extraction A series of hydraulic fractures is created in the rock and an electrically-conductive heating fluid is injected into the formation. The shale oil is then extracted by separate ... Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:39:00 GMT
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U.S. Department of the Interior - News Release - Western Oil Shale ... http://www.doi.gov/news/08_News_Releases/080722.html Oil shale is a fine-grained sedimentary rock containing organic matter from which oil may be produced. The regulations would provide for a thoughtful, phased approach to oil shale ... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:57:00 GMT
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Oil Shale Projects http://www.agapito.com/Oil%20Shale%20Projects.htm Rio Blanco Oil Shale Company Reviewed the rock mechanics program for a modular development phase of in situ retorting, as well as existing shaft ventilation to reduce ... Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:28:00 GMT
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Oil Shale Investing http://shale-oil.org The oil shale rock must be heated to a high temperature and the resulting liquid must be separated and collected. The project involves a technology that can heat oil shale in situ ... Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:29:00 GMT
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Oil from a stone - Oct. 31, 2007 http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/30/magazines/fortune/Oil_from_stone.fortune/index.htm Rather, it's the faint, asphalt-like aroma of oil shale - a sedimentary rock rich in kerogen, a fossil fuel that is now the focus of Shell's single biggest R&D investment. Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:10:00 GMT
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Wired 13.12: Tapping the Rock Field http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.12/oilshale.html The barren scrub of Colorado's sparsely inhabited northwest corner is just the kind of godforsaken place you'd expect petroleum to turn up. It's also where, in early 2004, a bunch ... Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:56:00 GMT
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Oil shale stuck between rock and wild place - The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/ci_10220108 Oil shale stuck between rock and wild place ... Shell Oil's Mahogany Research Project, above, showed that high-quality shale oil could be unlocked from beneath the vast reserves ... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:10:00 GMT
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sedimentary rock :: Oil shale -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/532232/sedimentary-rock/80302/Oil-shale sedimentary rock, Oil shale, Britannica Online Encyclopedia, Mudrock containing high amounts of organic matter in the form of kerogen is known as oil shale or kerogen shale. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:22:00 GMT
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Oil Shale Facts http://oilshalefacts.org Traditional above-ground retorts for cooking oil shale must heat the rock to up to about 900° F to release the oil. Studies show that at least 40% of the energy value of the ... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:01:00 GMT
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OIL SHALE http://www.petroprobe.com/index.php?sc=3 The oil shale in these basins is a sedimentary rock known as marlstone and consists primarily of carbonate and silicate minerals. Estimates of the oil resource in place within the ... Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:51:00 GMT
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Oil Shale http://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/field_offices/Rock_Springs/minerals/oil_shale.html What is oil shale? Oil shale is a fine-grained sedimentary rock that contains various amounts of organic matter. Oil in the shale is contained within a waxy, bituminous substance ... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:20:00 GMT
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Oil shale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_shale The fine-grained sedimentary rock known as oil shale contains significant amounts of kerogen (a solid mixture of organic chemical compounds), from which technology can extract ... Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:45:00 GMT
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AMSO - American Shale Oil LLC - Home page http://AMSO.NET The United States holds the world's largest deposits of oil shale, a kerogen-containing rock which can be extracted and processed into usable transportation fuel. Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:14:00 GMT
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Green Gabbro : Friday Rock Blogging: Oil Shale http://scienceblogs.com/greengabbro/2008/02/friday_rock_blogging_oil_shale.php With a trillion barrels of oil just sitting around in Wyoming, who needs the Middle East? ... Profile. Maria Brumm has a Master's degree... in Science! She wrote her thesis on ... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:42:00 GMT
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About Oil Shale http://ostseis.anl.gov/guide/oilshale/index.cfm The term oil shale generally refers to any sedimentary rock that contains solid bituminous materials (called kerogen) that are released as petroleum-like liquids when the rock is ... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:47:00 GMT
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Shale definition | Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Shale shale rock facts ... benefits of shale oil ... noun . a rock of fissile or laminated structure formed ... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:08:00 GMT
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SHALE OIL NOW -- by JON MOSELEY http://shaleoilnow.com/ ... to extract shale oil in Jordan. (Jordan, unlike its richer neighbors, has no traditional oil.) We know with absolute certainty that we can extract oil from shale (rock ... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:51:00 GMT
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Geology News: Colorado Oil Shale Leases - Green River Formation http://geology.com/news/2006/12/colorado-oil-shale-leases-green-river.html Oil shale is a rock that is rich in an organic material known as kerogen. If it is heated in the absence of air the kerogen will yield liquid oil. Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:17:00 GMT
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