gas shale

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• Shale gas — may also refer to gas generated from oil shaleShale gas is natural gas produced from shale. Because shales ordinarily have insufficient permeability to allow significant fluid flow to a well bore, most shales are not sources of natural gas. Shale …   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

• Gas depletion — is the inescapable result of extracting and consuming natural gas since it is a nonrenewable natural resource. The number of years of natural gas left is estimated by the ratio of proven natural gas reserves to the current consumption rate.… …   Wikipedia

• Shale Gouge Ratio — (typically abbreviated to SGR) is a mathematical algorithm that aims to predict the fault rock types for simple fault zones developed in sedimentary sequences dominated by sandstones and shales.The parameter is widely used in the oil and gas… …   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

• Shale Gas —   Natural gas produced from wells that are open to shale formations. Shale is a fine grained, sedimentary rock composed of mud from flakes of clay minerals and tiny fragments (silt sized particles) of other materials. The shale acts as both the… …   Energy terms

• shale gas — noun Natural gas extracted from shale …   Wiktionary

• shale gas — UK [ˈʃeɪl ɡæs] / US noun [uncountable] gas produced from shale, used for heating, cooking, etc …   English dictionary

• Oil shale extraction — is an industrial process in which kerogen mdash;a mixture of organic chemical compounds (including hydrocarbons) found in oil shale mdash;is converted into synthetic crude oil through pyrolysis. In pyrolysis, oil shale is heated in the absence of …   Wikipedia

• Conasauga shale gas field — The Conasauga Shale is a geological gas shale formation lying within the Appalachian thrust and fault region of the state of Alabama and consisting of Lower Paleozoic (Cambrian and Ordovician) sedimentary rocks at an approximate 1,000 foot depth… …   Wikipedia