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The mining of oil shale requires conversion of the solid hydrocarbons in the rock to liquid form, so that they can pumped or processed.This is done by heating the rock to a high temperature, and separating and collecting of the resultant liquid. This heating process is called retorting.
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What does the mining of oil shale require?
semi-arid conditions
How is petroleum mined?
Petroleum is in a liquid form. It is retrieved by drilling into the earth and then pumping it out. Oil rigs and derricks. Various means of obtaining petroleum from tar sands and shale deposits are being investigated. Tars sands are not expected to be "mined", but treated in situ to generate liquid / gaseous petroleum. Oil shale may require mining. Neither of these is currently economically viable.
How does the method of open pit mining work?
Dig a large pit over an underground ore body, dig out the ore body, process the material from the ore body to extract the desired material (e.g. coal, metal, oil sand/shale). When done the pits used to be abandoned, now in the U.S. the EPA requires remediation.
What is hidden in a rock that contains oil?
coal
What is the hardest fossil fuels to extract from the ground?
Oil Shale
The mining of oil shale?
The mining of oil shale requires conversion of the solid hydrocarbons in the rock to liquid form, so that they can pumped or processed.This is done by heating the rock to a high temperature, and separating and collecting of the resultant liquid. This heating process is called retorting.
What does the mining of oil shale require?
semi-arid conditions
Which is a drawback to the use of oil shale to produce energy?
Processing, mining, and waste disposal is expensive.
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 natural resources are in the Appalachian?
there is limestone, shale,sandstone, coal, zinc, iron, gold, lead, oil/gas,mining
What has the author Lester W Schramm written?
Lester W. Schramm has written: 'U.S. shale oil forecasts (1985-1995)' -- subject(s): Shale oils, Petroleum mining, Petroleum industry and trade
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
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.
