Oil Shale
July 18, 2017
Oil shales are fine-grained sedimentary rocks formed in many different depositional environments (terrestrial, lacustrine, marine) containing large quantities of thermally immature organic matter in the forms of kerogen and bitumen. If defined from an economic standpoint, a rock containing a sufficient concentration of oil-prone kerogen to generate economic quantities of synthetic crude oil upon heating to high temperatures (350–600 °C) in the absence of oxygen (pyrolysis) can be considered an oil shale.
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Title | Oil Shale |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-319-39193-9_181-1 |
| Authors | Justin E. Birdwell |
| Publication Type | Book Chapter |
| Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
| Index ID | 70189571 |
| Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |
| USGS Organization | Central Energy Resources Science Center |