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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.
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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.
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.
What position is nigeria in the oil producing nations?
tenth
Do shale and mudstone have the same appearance?
Very similar, yes, but without the lamination that shale exhibits.
What has the author H W Hoots written?
H. W. Hoots has written: 'Oil shale in a producing oil field in California' -- subject(s): Petroleum, Oil-shales, Geology
Is shale oil another type of petroleum?
Shale oil is an oil distilled from shales and used as fuel
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.
