extraction of oil
11Oil Reserves — An estimate of the amount of crude oil located in a particular economic region. Oil reserves must have the potential of being extracted under current technological constraints. For example, if oil pools are located at unattainable depths, they… …
12Oil Refinery — An industrial plant that refines crude oil into petroleum products such as diesel, gasoline and heating oils. Oil refineries essentially serve as the second stage in the production process following the actual extraction by oil rigs. The first… …
13oil fryer — a metal container filled with hot coals, lowered into a barrel of cod livers, or gurry butt, to assist in the rendering process. The heat helped in the extraction of oil which floated to the surface and could then be scooped off. Modern processes …
14Oil shale extraction — is an industrial process in which kerogen mdash;a mixture of organic chemical compounds (including hydrocarbons) found in oil shale mdash;is converted into synthetic crude oil through pyrolysis. In pyrolysis, oil shale is heated in the absence of …
15Oil shale economics — deals with the economic feasibility of oil shale extraction and processing. The economic feasibility of oil shale is highly dependent on the price of conventional oil, and the assumption that the price will remain at a certain level for some time …
16Oil shale in Morocco — represents a significant potential resource. The ten known oil shale deposits in Morocco contain over 53.381 billion barrels (8.4869×10^9 m3) of shale oil. Although Moroccan oil shale has been studied since the 1930s and several pilot plants …
17Oil shale in Israel — is widespread but an undeveloped resource, largely because of economic and technological constraints. Israeli oil shales belong to the group of Upper Cretaceous marinites. Although oil shale deposits may lie under as much as 15% of the country,… …
18Oil shale in Belarus — is a large, but undeveloped energy resource.[1] Belarus is estimated to contain 8.8 billion tonnes of oil shale, with up to 3.6 billion tonnes of recoverable reserves, all concentrated within the Pripyat Shale Basin, occupying western Homiel,… …
19Oil palm — African Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis) Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae …
20Oil Shale Exploration Company — (OSEC) is a Utah based oil shale exploration and development company. It has been involved in the development of oil shale since 2005.cite news publisher = Upstream Online title = Trio leap into oil shale venture in Utah url=… …
