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It's a type of rather loose crumbly rock which contains oil, which can be released by heat treatment
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What is hidden in a rock that contains oil?
coal
What is the hardest fossil fuels to extract from the ground?
Oil Shale
What does the mining of oil shale require?
semi-arid conditions
Is oil shale renewable?
No. As with all fossil fule resources, it is nonrenewable.
What are pros and cons of oil shale energy?
Pros: ? Cons: more expensive than pumping crude oil
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
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.
