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You don't make oil from shale, you extract oil from shale. The shale acts like a sponge, sometimes the shale is so porous that the oil can be squeezed or sucked out, otherwise it can be extracted by crushing and heating the shale.
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Jon Rowland
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∙ 15y agoShale is basically formed from the lithification of multiple layers of fine sediments that have been compressed by the weight of additional sediments from above, and cemented together by clay minerals over time as fluids are squeezed out.
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∙ 9y agoShale oil is mined above ground in an open pit or underground. Traditionally above ground open pit mining methods are used. Water is used heavily in the process and groundwater must be pumped out.
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Why are we not producing oil from oil shale?
The reason that oil shale is not used to produce oil is because this is what keeps the oil well from collapsing after the oil is removed. If the oil shale were mined, the oil well would collapse into a large trench in the ground.
What is a drawback to use of oil shale to produce energy?
Expense
Which is a drawback to the use of oil shale to produce energy?
Processing, mining, and waste disposal is expensive.
Do shale and mudstone have the same appearance?
Very similar, yes, but without the lamination that shale exhibits.
What kind of energy resources might one day replace dwindling petroleum supplies?
Solar and wind renewable energy, of course. Oil shale and tar sands
How do you get oil shell out of the ground?
That would be "Oil shale" - shale is a kind of rock. Anyway, the oil shale is dug up and then hot, hot steam or other substance is run through it to make the oil runny enough to flow down and out, where it is then collected.
Is shale oil another type of petroleum?
Shale oil is an oil distilled from shales and used as fuel
Why are we not producing oil from oil shale?
The reason that oil shale is not used to produce oil is because this is what keeps the oil well from collapsing after the oil is removed. If the oil shale were mined, the oil well would collapse into a large trench in the ground.
What is difference between oil shale rock and a rock?
one has oil shale and one dosent
Is shale oil good for your environment?
It does not matter where oil comes from it is bad for the environment shale oil is just a Les efficient source of oil.
Who mines oil?
Oil is not mined it is drilled except for oil shale which is mined. Shell in the past has mined for oil shale. Click the link.
How are the products of Lithuania and Estonia different?
Only Estonia has oil shale.
What large quantities of shale are found in northwestern Colorado?
Oil shale
What are oil sources?
shale
What is shale extract?
Oil
What rock has crude oil inside?
Oil shale.
Will oil sand and oil shale save us?
No
