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

• Michigan 100 Cliffs Mining Services Company Delaware 100 Xxxxxx xx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx 100 Cliffs Oil Shale Colorado 100 Cliffs Reduced Iron Corporation Delaware 100 Cliffs Synfuel Corp.

• The Marquette Partnership owns 100% of Cliffs Oil Shale Corp., Cliffs Synfuel Corp.

• Unlike other technologies attempting to extract oil from America’s Tar Sands and Oil Shale resources, EncapSol has proven its ability to do so without the need for any river or ground water resources that have prevented other water-intensive technologies from being used because there is not enough water available in the amounts that would be needed using such other competing technologies.

• The company's former Stuart Oil Shale Project in Australia was integrated with the company's other activities and was translated in the manner described above.

• During the last year we have added to the security of our water rights and we have been selected by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to advance our application for an Oil Shale Research, Development and Demonstration Lease.

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 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 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 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 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 means a sedimentary rock containing hydrocarbon material termed kerogen.

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.