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What is difference between oil shale rock and a rock?
one has oil shale and one dosent
What is oil shales and tar sands?
Tar are usually mixture of clayand sand combined with water and varying amounts of a blackthick tar called bitumen. Oil shale is a rock that contains a waxy mixture of hydrocarbons called kerogen.
What large quantities of shale are found in northwestern Colorado?
Oil shale
Can oil shale conduct electricity?
no
For sand and shale in a depostional environment what is found near the Coast-line and what is found away from the coast line?
For sand and shale in a depostional environment what is found near the Coast-line and what is found away from the coast line?
Will oil sand and oil shale save us?
No
Some examples of non conventional energy?
tidal waves wind power fossil fuels tar sand heavy oil oil shale bio-fuels
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
What are the benefits of developing oil shale?
The price of crude oil would be reduced. We would have an assured supply of this oil. In addition to its use as a fuel, oil shale may also serve in the production of specialty carbon fibers, adsorbent carbons, carbon black, phenols, resins, glues, tanning agents, mastic, road bitumen, cement, bricks, construction and decorative blocks, soil-additives, fertilizers, rock-wool insulation, glass, and pharmaceutical products. However, oil shale use for production of these items remains small or only in its experimental stages.
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.
What is oil shales and tar sands?
Tar are usually mixture of clayand sand combined with water and varying amounts of a blackthick tar called bitumen. Oil shale is a rock that contains a waxy mixture of hydrocarbons called kerogen.
What is the resistivity of sand sandstone and shale?
pure sandstone = 10 ohm pure shale = 5 ohm
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
