About technical terms of oil shale and shale oil

Oil shale and shale oil terminology contains a lot of contradictions. Scientists and specialists worldwide have long debated about the use of proper terms but no harmonized terminology has been managed to establish as yet. Below new terms to replace the currently used shale, shale oil and shale gase...

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Published inOil shale (Tallinn, Estonia : 1984) Vol. 32; no. 4; p. 291
Main Authors Reinsalu, Enno, Aarna, Indrek
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tallinn Estonian Academy Publishers 01.01.2015
Teaduste Akadeemia Kirjastus (Estonian Academy Publishers)
Subjects
Coalbed methane
Crude oil
Economics
Gases
Heat treatment
Kerogen
Obsolescence
Oil sands
Oil shale
Oil shales
Sediments
Shale
Shale oil
Shale oils
Terminology
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Summary:Oil shale and shale oil terminology contains a lot of contradictions. Scientists and specialists worldwide have long debated about the use of proper terms but no harmonized terminology has been managed to establish as yet. Below new terms to replace the currently used shale, shale oil and shale gases will be proposed. The characteristic feature of oil shale is the presence of kerogen (organic matter) from which oil is obtained by thermal treatment in the absence of oxygen. Shale oil is the main product of oil shale thermal treatment or processing (sometimes also called retorting). The term shale tar for this product of oil shale processing has become obsolete. Utilization of oil shale is technically and economically feasible only if can at least 20% of its kerogen be converted into oil by thermal processing. If oil yield is less, one can but talk about some kind of low-kerogen rock and not true oil shale.
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ISSN:0208-189X
1736-7492
DOI:10.3176/oil.2015.4.01