oil shale
21oil shale — noun a dark brown or black shale, from which petroleum like hydrocarbons can be produced by distillation See Also: shale oil …
22oil shale — noun Date: 1873 a rock (as shale) from which oil can be recovered by distillation …
23oil shale — /ˈɔɪl ʃeɪl/ (say oyl shayl) noun shale containing such a proportion of hydrocarbons as to be capable of yielding mineral oils on slow distillation …
24Oil shale — A sedimentary rock containing kerogen, a solid organic material. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy Glossary *** A type of rock containing organic matter that produces large amounts of oil when heated to high …
25oil shale — noun fine grained sedimentary rock from which oil can be extracted …
26History of the oil shale industry — Cite paper last =Dyni | first =John R. title =Geology and resources of some world oil shale deposits. Scientific Investigations Report 2005–5294 publisher = U.S. Department of the Interior. U.S. Geological Survey year = 2006 url =… …
27Environmental impact of oil shale industry — includes the consideration of issues such as land use, waste management, and water and air pollution. Surface mining of oil shale deposits has all the environmental impacts of open pit mining. In addition, the combustion and thermal processing… …
28Environmental impact of the oil shale industry — Kiviõli Oil Shale Processing Chemicals Plant in Ida Virumaa, Estonia Environmental impact of the oil shale industry includes the consideration of issues such as land use, waste management, and water and air pollution caused by the extraction and… …
29Stuart Oil Shale Project — The Stuart Oil Shale Project is an oil shale development project in Australia near Gladstone, Queensland. It was Australia s first major attempt since the 1950s to restart commercial use of oil shale.cite web title = Petroleum and gas production… …
30Jordan oil shale power station — is a project to build an oil shale fueled power station in Jordan. The agreemennt between the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and National Electricity Power Company of Jordan, and Estonian power company Eesti Energia was signed on 30… …
