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What is the hardest fossil fuels to extract from the ground?
Oil Shale
How do you make oil out of shale?
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.
Where can you find bituminious shale?
Bituminous shales are found in many parts of the world, in 17th century England they were burnt as part of the process to extract Alum.
What part of speech is shale?
Shale is a noun.
Are tar sands and oil shale a good long-term energy solution?
No, they are non renewable sources, more difficult to extract than oil or coal and themselves will eventually run out.
Is shale magnetic?
no shale is not magnetic
Is shale an element?
No. Shale is a mixture.
Is shale gas found under the see?
It can be. It is found in a rock type called shale and is produced in the shale form the original bio mater included in the deposition of the shale. If a unit of shale lithology is to be found on the continental shelf strata then it is likely that that shale will contain shale gas and it will be under the sea.
What is metamorphic shale?
The Shale is not a metamorphic rock it is a sedimentary rock.
What is shale gas?
Shale is a sedimentary rock that is generally formed as particles of sediment settle out in calm water. Shale can be formed in shallow inland waters or deep ocean basins. Shale rock is generally high in organic content. Once covered up by other sediments and buried over millions of years, heat and pressure begin to work on these sediments and oil and gas are formed. Some of the oil and gas may begin to migrate upwards, to layers of sandstone and porous limestone where it becomes trapped. These are considered conventional oil and gas reservoirs and shale is often the "source rock" or original source of the hydrocarbons. Natural gas and oil that occur in shale are called "unconventional". Now with new horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing methods it is possible to extract that oil and gas. "Unconventional" gas is quickly becoming the new norm. We have over 100 years worth (and growing) of natural gas supply in North America. In a nutshell, shale gas is standard natural gas buried much deeper and complex to extract.
Does shale attracted to magnet?
No, shale is not magnetic.
Is shale a chemical rock?
No, shale is clastic.
