Oil shale definition

Oil shale means a group of fine black to dark brown shales containing kerogen material that yields petroleum upon heating and distillation.
Oil shale means a group of fine black to dark brown shales containing bituminous material that yields petroleum upon distillation.
Oil shale means a group of fine black to dark brown shales containing

Examples of Oil shale in a sentence

  • Oil shale may be burned directly or processed by heating to extract shale oil.

  • Oil shale and oil sands are sedimentary rock that contains organic matter in the form of kerogen.

  • The location fee imposed under section 28g of this title shall be payable not later than 90 days after the date of location.(c) Oil shale claims subject to claim maintenance fees under Energy Policy Act of 1992This section shall not apply to any oil shale claims for which a fee is required to be paid under section 2511(e)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–486; 106 Stat.

  • Oil shale application, amendment, and revision to a permit other than an amendment fee: If the costs to review and process an oil shale application, amendment, or revision to a permit other than an amendment exceeds twice the value of the fee for a new application, amendment, or revision to a permit other than an amendment pursuant to sub-subparagraph (H) or (M) of this subparagraph (I), the applicant shall pay the additional costs.

  • Oil shale claims subject to claim maintenance fees under Energy Pol- icy Act of 1992.


More Definitions of Oil shale

Oil shale means any source of refinery raw material as situated in a rock formation containing solid kerogen and falling within the definition for oil shale under CN code 2714 as outlined in Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87. Mobilisation of the source of the raw material is achieved by mining extraction or thermally enhanced gravity drainage;
Oil shale means fine-grained sedimentary rock that contains significant amounts of kerogen (a solid mixture of organic chemical compounds), from which liquid hydrocarbons can be extracted by distillation or other means.
Oil shale means shale or tar sands from which oil and gas might be produced, and any other substance that is prescribed as oil shale; (« schistes bitumieux »)
Oil shale means shale or other petroliferous substance from which oil shale products can be produced and includes any other substance defined by the Lieutenant Governor in Council as oil shale;
Oil shale means a group of fine black to dark brown shales containing kerogenmaterial that yields petroleum upon heating and distillation.
Oil shale means a sedimentary rock containing low grade lignite coal and a hydrocarbon material termed kerogen. "Olivine" means a magnesium-iron silicate mineral, often occurring in rocks prospective for nickel.
Oil shale investment means any direct or indirect investment in any asset or technology that may be used to extract or process oil from shale.