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Commercial use in US of oil from oil shale deposits at least a decade away
The commercial use of oil from US oil shale deposits is likely at least 10 years away and will require technological advances to get past hurdles standing in the way of its commercial use, US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said
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Unconventional Gas
Gas hydrates; Swamp gas; Fractured shale (1st US commercial natural gas came from Fractured Shale); coal bed gas (as of 2000, supplied about 8% of the US total natural gas production); Basin center gas;
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Oil yield from oil shale
1 T of oil shale will generate one barrel of oil
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USA has most amount of oil shale
The country with the most amount of oil shale deposits is the USA - in the Green River. It contains 60% of world's oil shale
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Estonia produces oil shale
Estonia has historically produced the most amount of oil from oil shale
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Oil shale is an immature source rock for petrol
Oil shale is an immature source rock for petrol, but one that has never been hot enough to enter the oil window natural processes have not cooled it enough
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Recoverable oil yield for oil shale
For oil shale, the highest amount of oil recoverable is approx 1 barrel per T
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US has lots of oil shale
If all the oil shale in the green river (in the US) were heated, it will give more oil than all the oilfields in the middle east
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Total possible oil reserves
Conventional is about 3.5 trillion bbls (of which 1.1 tr has been used); 1-2 trillion bbls of sand and extra heavy oil; including oil shale, the total long-term potentially recoverable oil reserves base is about 6.5 trillion bbls; if you include coal to oil, then it is about 9 trillion bbls - IEA, 2007
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Oil shale - 10 questions, no answers
A good analysis of oil shale and the problems associated with it - Read More
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