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    Presentation: Oil Shale

    Mr. Kashif Sadiq


    Salman Sadiq Naqvi
    &
    Muhammad Ali Jafri

    Department of Petroleum Technology, University of Karachi

    What Is Oil Shale?


    The term oil shale generally refers to any
    sedimentary rock that contains solid
    bituminous materials (called kerogen)
    Oil shale are released as petroleum-like
    liquids when the rock is heated in the
    chemical process of pyrolysis.

    Origin And Formation


    Oil shale was formed millions of years ago
    by deposition of silt and organic fragments
    on lake beds and sea bottoms. Over long
    periods of time, heat and pressure
    transformed the materials into oil shale in a
    process similar to the process that forms
    oil.

    Oil shale generally contains enough oil that


    it will burn without any additional
    processing, and it is known as "the rock
    that burns".

    Mining and Processing


    Oil shale can be mined and processed to
    generate oil similar to oil pumped from
    conventional oil wells; however, extracting
    oil from oil shale is more complex than
    conventional oil recovery and currently is
    more expensive. The oil substances in oil
    shale are solid and cannot be pumped
    directly out of the ground.

    Extraction and Processing


    Oil shale can be mined using one of two
    methods: underground mining or
    surface mining. After mining, the oil shale
    is transported to a facility for retorting.
    After retorting, the oil must be upgraded by
    further processing before it can be sent to
    a refinery. After Retorting the spent shale
    is returned to the mined-out portions of the
    surface pit.

    Retorting
    A heating process that separates the oil fractions of oil
    shale from the mineral fraction.. The vessel in which
    retorting takes place is known as a retort.

    Retort

    Spent Shale After Retorting

    In Situ Retorting
    Shell Oil is currently developing an in situ
    conversion process (ICP). The process
    involves heating underground oil shale,
    using electric heaters placed in deep
    vertical holes drilled through a section of
    oil shale. The volume of oil shale is heated
    over a period of two to three years, until it
    reaches 650700 F, at which point oil is
    released from the shale.

    Resources
    Oil shale is found in many places
    worldwide, by far the largest deposits in
    the world are found in the United States in
    the Green River Formation
    Estonia, Russia, Scotland, Brazil, China
    and Germany are also producing oil shale

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