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Oil shale
Underground formation of a fine-grained sedimentary rock containing varying amounts of kerogen, a solid, waxy mixture of hydrocarbon compounds. Heating the rock to high temperatures converts the kerogen to a vapor, which can be condensed to form a slow flowing heavy oil called shale oil. See kerogen, shale oil. (source: EPA) Background from Wikipedia Oil shale is a general term applied to a group of rocks rich enough in organic material (called kerogen) to yield petroleum upon distillation. The kerogen in oil shale can be converted to oil through the chemical process of pyrolysis. During pyrolysis the oil shale is heated to 445-500 °C in the absence of air and the kerogen is converted to oil and separated out, a process called "retorting". Recent developments in Israel may allow for procesing at lower temperatures (see "Mining" below). Oil shale has also been burnt directly as a low-grade fuel. The United States Energy Information Administration estimates the world supply of oil shale at 2.6 trillion barrels of recoverable oil, 1.0-1.2 trillion barrels of which are in the United States [1]. Estonia, Russia, Brazil, and China currently mine oil shale, however production is declining due to economic and environmental factors. Market Wire (press release)MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Oct. 22, 2007) - Gastem (TSX VENTURE:GMR) is pleased to announce that partner Canadian Forest Oil has exercised its Oil shale operations would emit tons of CO2 - Oct 18, 2007 Rocky Mountain News,By Joe Carroll, Bloomberg News Oil shale projects in the western US by Exxon Mobil Corp. and other producers would spew as much carbon dioxide as all the Fear of another bust wonÂ’t stop oil shale, federal official says - Oct 17, 2007 Grand Junction Sentinel,GOLDEN — Black Sunday happened, and it’s time to get over it because an oil shale industry in northwest Colorado is inevitable, a US Department of Energy Oil shale looms over Garfield school officials - Oct 16, 2007 Grand Junction Sentinel,By BOBBY MAGILL The Daily Sentinel GOLDEN — Garfield County school officials say they are worried about the effect of a commercial oil shale boom in the Rep. King, Shell landman delinquent on property taxes - Oct 20, 2007 Grand Junction Sentinel,Shell, which is conducting research on in situ oil shale extraction in the Piceance Basin, has been buying up property near Mack over the last several years Shale bonanza stalled by subterranean rivers - Oct 17, 2007 Edmonton Journal,Prior efforts to exploit so-called oil-shale deposits as large as the combined reserves of OPEC member countries collapsed in the early 1980s, when slumping Study of shale's impacts due out in December - Oct 15, 2007 Grand Junction Sentinel,By BOBBY MAGILL The Daily Sentinel GOLDEN — A draft of a federal study looking at the environmental impacts of commercial oil shale development in northwest Post article misleadingly identified oil and gas industry ... - Oct 17, 2007 Media Matters for America,Colorado could gain up to $1.2 billion in revenue during the first year of a federal plan to allow natural-gas drilling in the US Naval Oil Shale Reserves Ansip defends use of oil shale - Oct 12, 2007 Baltic Times,..."Estonia’s main energy source is oil shale. We produce enough energy from oil shale to meet our own needs. And we are even able to supply our neighbours Oil shale task force pushes development - Oct 9, 2007 Grand Junction Sentinel,By BOBBY MAGILL The Daily Sentinel Colorado’s vast oil shale reserves should be urgently developed by private corporations despite protests from Gov. LOCAL BRIEFS - Oct 16, 2007 Dallas Morning News,...matter in limestone on the western slopes of the Rockies into oil. Prior efforts to exploit so-called oil-shale deposits collapsed in the early 1980s. Roan gas could be state windfall - Oct 17, 2007 Denver Post,Natural-gas drilling in the US Naval Oil Shale Reserves could bring Colorado $1.2 billion in a year, the report says. By Margaret Jackson Colorado could Groups doubt estimate of Roan drilling value - Oct 18, 2007 Denver Post,The report focuses on the Naval Oil Shale Reserve, an energy-rich, 56238- acre area west of Rifle that represents a portion of the Roan Plateau, Galaxy digs in for shot of green power - Sep 30, 2007 The Australian,It has suddenly become the oil shale capital of Australia. In a modest building at the corner of Bay and Knox, Leslie White has been toiling for many a year CACI business group adopts climate change policyout-take - Oct 20, 2007 Pueblo Chieftain,Because Colorado is an energy-producing state, excessive fuel standards would greatly diminish Colorado’s investment in oil, oil shale and preclude Ritter plans sweeping climate-change initiative - Oct 13, 2007 Grand Junction Sentinel,Standing firm in his stance against accelerated commercial oil shale leasing in the region, he praised Royal Dutch Shell for withdrawing its permit PetroChina to invest $1.3 bln in new energy by 2010 - Oct 2, 2007 Xinhua,The oil giant's business on new energy sources covers non-conventional energy including coal-bed methane, oil shale, oil sands and renewable energy such as Allard supports Roan Plateau management plan - Oct 17, 2007 Cherry Creek News,...responded today to the release of a study regarding the US Naval Oil Shale Reserve lands in the Roan Plateau of Western Colorado. SOURCE: North-West Oil Group - Oct 4, 2007 Market Wire (press release)The oil shale deposits alone equal to over a billion tons. Oil and gas are considered to be the most significant natural assets of the region. PetroChina to invest $1.3 bln in new energy sources - Oct 3, 2007 MarketWatch...without giving the current market share level. The company's national market share of oil shale and oil sand will be about 20% by 2010, it said. Rifle rides the oil/gas boom - Sep 25, 2007 Vail Daily News,Also looming are plans to tap the area's vast reserves of oil shale. Companies are experimenting with ways to extract the oil and tap what federal officials Responsible development of fossil fuels? - Oct 4, 2007 Grist Magazine,Responsible development of America's oil shale, tar sands, heavy oil, coal, and oil resources amenable to recovery by carbon dioxide injection, Empire Energy Doubles Its Tasmanian Exploration Acreage via a Put ... - Oct 18, 2007 CNNMoney.comSpecial exploration license, SEL 5/2005 provides exploration rights for hydrocarbons, (excluding oil shale and coal bed methane) in an area of approximately ‘Here today, gone tomorrow’ - Sep 30, 2007 Colorado Springs Gazette,In 1982, Rifle became an economic wasteland when Exxon shut down a nearby oil shale operation without producing a barrel of oil. Two thousand people lost Make sure 'alternative' fuels are clean - Oct 18, 2007 DesMoinesRegister.com,The most worrying "alternative fuels" are liquid fuels derived from tar sands, oil shale and coal, which cause devastating environmental and human-health Reliance on foreign oil undercuts US interests - Sep 25, 2007 Kansas City Star,We must take advantage of the oil and oil shale available in America, both on land and, in some cases, offshore. We should explore prudently and wisely use Firms 'need clear climate policies' - Oct 8, 2007 BBC News,Much is in the form of oil shale and oil sands - so-called "unconventional" oil. All of these are more energy-intensive, difficult and costly to develop. Lawmakers ate well on lobbyists' dime - Oct 10, 2007 Salt Lake Tribune,Amy Hansen, a lobbyist for Oil Shale Exploration Company and daughter-in-law of former Congressman Jim Hansen, flew House members Aaron Tilton, Julie Fisher Analysis and Discussion of the European Energy Gap and Peak Oil - Oct 11, 2007 The Oil DrumWith unconventional in this article I mean oil sands, oil shale, polar oil and heavy and extra heavy oil. Present scenario’s for these sources of Triple-Digit Oil Prices Ahead? - Oct 8, 2007 Cleantech Blog,...cellulosic ethanol, algae-based diesel), coal-to-liquids and gas-to-liquids projects, oil shale retorting approaches, and the hydrogen infrastructure. Sewage leak forces closure of 1980s GarCo man camp - Oct 19, 2007 Grand Junction Sentinel,...camps have to meet stricter requirements for matters such as sewage treatment than the county had in place in the 1980s during the last oil shale boom. Roads in the heart of the energy boom 'used to death' - Sep 22, 2007 Grand Junction Sentinel,Bill Brennan, a Rio Blanco County commissioner during the oil shale boom of the 1980s, thought traffic was bad then. “But there’s no comparison to what it Energy, Oil and Gas - Oct 1, 2007 Nigerian Tribune,Non-renewable sources include fossil fuels (Petroleum and Natural Gas, Oil Shale and Tar Sands, Coal and Lignite). Sources of renewable energy consists Shell Snowed Under Projects in China - Oct 9, 2007 Trading Markets (press release),In the resource-rich Northeast China, Shell founded an oil shale joint venture with Guangzheng Mining Development Company in Jilin Province last year. West Slope gas may be worth billions - Oct 17, 2007 Aspen Times,The study said US taxpayers stand to gain a total of about $2.4 billion in the first year the plateau’s US Naval Oil Shale Reserve is leased, More workers could strain county services - Sep 22, 2007 Grand Junction Sentinel,A former Union Oil Co. employee said that wasn’ta problem at the company’s 750-bed man camp for its oil shale project construction workforce, Daily Editorial: Energy errors - Oct 7, 2007 Vail Daily News,And even if we had the technology to tap the West’s abundant oil shale, there are still greenhouse gases, air pollution and climate change that come with Energy career day is planned in Rifle - Sep 24, 2007 KJCT8.com,Organizers say the career day will also feature recruiters from renewable energy companies, the oil shale industry and engineering and geology specialists Peak Petroleum and Public Health - Oct 9, 2007 Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),...and techniques that allow production from unconventional sources such as tar sands and oil shale, have increased recoverable reserves, modestly delaying 'No better way to stop an attack than to have somebody in the room ... - Sep 30, 2007 WorldNetDaily,...the vast coal reserves we have in the United States as well as the vast shale reserves, oil shale reserves and increasing the partnership with Canada, The power of words - Oct 18, 2007 Glenwood Springs Post Independent,It notes that the distribution of lease revenues to Colorado could occur only after the federal government determines that cleanup of a former oil shale PetroChina to invest $1.3B in new projects - Oct 2, 2007 United Press InternationalPetroChina is also looking at new forms of energy such as coal-bed methane, oil shale and oil sands, along with renewable sources, which will account for a Goldnev Resources Inc. Announces Granting of Incentive Stock Options - Oct 15, 2007 Market Wire (press release)...gas production with assets in northeastern British Columbia, north central Alberta and an oil shale development project in east central Saskatchewan. SHIFT: Nuclear power is better than no power - Sep 27, 2007 Sci Fi Tech,With other alternative fuels, such as oil shale and tar sands, the story varies but the ending is the same. These technological shell games are unlikely to Shell president: Energy crisis ‘one hurricane away’ in US - Sep 24, 2007 New Orleans CityBusiness,Hofmeister said more than 1 trillion barrels of hydrocarbon could be produced from oil shale found in places such as Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. His own railroad - Oct 6, 2007 The Casper Star Tribune,The oil shale boom brought him to Garfield County, also with Union. After that boom went bust, he started a machine shop at his home. Blinding Us With 'Science' - Oct 8, 2007 Investor's Business Daily (subscription)...finding new ways to recover oil and gas, whether from formerly "dead" fields or miles beneath the ocean surface or oil shale and tar sands. Week in Review - Oct 7, 2007 Glenwood Springs Post Independent,The local coal mining and oil shale industries had closed down over the preceding decade or so, making it harder to find good-paying jobs in the area, What is a Research Center? - Oct 10, 2007 Vernal Express,While there will be chemists and geologists working on fossil fuel components such as oil, gas, oil shale and tar sands, there will also be research going COUNTY LOBBIES FOR TIMBER PAYMENTS - Sep 29, 2007 Curry Coastal Pilot,...drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and collecting fees on the rights to produce geothermal power and mine oil shale on federal lands. News index | RSS | News Feed Advertisements: Organic Apparel from Patagonia | Insect-repelling clothing |
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