oil shale
81Enefit American Oil — Type Private, subsidiary of Eesti Energia Industry Oil shale industry Founded 2005 (2005) Headquarters Vernal, Utah …
82Peak oil — A logistic distribution shaped production curve, as originally suggested by M. King Hubbert in 1956 …
83Non-conventional oil — is oil produced or extracted using techniques other than the traditional oil well method. Currently, non conventional oil production is less efficient and some types have a larger environmental impact relative to conventional oil production. Non… …
84heavy oil and tar sand — Introduction crude oils (crude oil) below 20° API gravity are usually considered to be heavy. The lighter conventional crudes are often waterflooded to enhance recovery. The injection of water into the reservoir helps to maintain reservoir… …
85American Shale Oil — The American Shale Oil Corporation (AMSO), formerly known as EGL Oil Shale, LLC, is a developer of in situ oil shale extraction technology. It is a subsidiary of IDT Corporation (75%) and EGL Resources, Inc., (25%) a privately owned independent… …
86New Albany Shale — The New Albany Shale is an organic rich geologic formation of Devonian and Mississippian age in the Illinois Basin of the United States. It is a major source of hydrocarbons. Contents 1 Stratigraphy 2 Natural resources 3 See also …
87Anglo-Persian Oil Company — The Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC) was founded in 1908 following the discovery of a large oil field in Masjed Soleiman, Iran. It was the first company to extract petroleum from the Middle East. In 1935 APOC was renamed the Anglo Iranian Oil… …
88Coal oil — Cannel coal, used to produce coal oil, from the Pennsylvanian of NE Ohio Coal oil is a term once used for a specific shale oil used for illuminating purposes.[citation needed] …
89Mitigation of peak oil — The standard Hubbert curve, plotting crude oil production of an oil well or oil field over time …
90Tight oil — (also known as light tight oil, abbreviated LTO) is a light crude oil contained in petroleum bearing formations of relatively low porosity and permeability (shales).[1] It uses the same horizontal well and hydraulic fracturing technology used in… …
