oil-shale distillation

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• oil shale — n. shale containing hydrocarbons which can be extracted, esp. by distillation …   English World dictionary

• oil shale — Geol. a black or dark brown shale or siltstone rich in bitumens, from which shale oil is obtained by destructive distillation. [1870 75] * * * Any fine grained sedimentary rock that contains solid organic matter (kerogen) and yields significant… …   Universalium

• Oil shale in Estonia — Outcrop of Ordovician kukersite oil shale, northern Estonia Oil shale in Estonia is an important resource for the national economy. Estonia s oil shale deposits account for just 17% of total deposits in the European Union but the country… …   Wikipedia

• oil shale — noun shale from which oil can be obtained by heating • Hypernyms: ↑shale * * * noun : shale from which oil may be produced by distillation * * * Geol. a black or dark brown shale or siltstone rich in bitumens, from which shale oil is obtained by… …   Useful english dictionary

• oil shale — noun a dark brown or black shale, from which petroleum like hydrocarbons can be produced by distillation See Also: shale oil …   Wiktionary

• oil shale — noun Date: 1873 a rock (as shale) from which oil can be recovered by distillation …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• oil shale — /ˈɔɪl ʃeɪl/ (say oyl shayl) noun shale containing such a proportion of hydrocarbons as to be capable of yielding mineral oils on slow distillation …  

• History of the oil shale industry — Cite paper last =Dyni | first =John R. title =Geology and resources of some world oil shale deposits. Scientific Investigations Report 2005–5294 publisher = U.S. Department of the Interior. U.S. Geological Survey year = 2006 url =… …   Wikipedia

• Shale oil extraction — Shell s experimental in situ shale oil facility, Piceance Basin, Colorado, United States Process type Chemical Industrial sector(s) Chemical industry, oil indus …   Wikipedia

• Shale oil — This article is about synthetic oil produced by pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution from oil shale. For crude oil stored in shale reservoirs, see Tight oil. Shale oil, known also as kerogen oil or oil shale oil, is an unconventional… …   Wikipedia

• shale oil — petroleum distilled from oil shale. [1855 60] * * * Synthetic crude oil that is extracted from oil shale by pyrolysis, or destructive distillation. The oil obtained from oil shale cannot be refined by the methods that have been developed for… …   Universalium