Concept information
Preferred term
oil shale
Definition
- Oil shale is an organic-rich fine-grained sedimentary rock containing kerogen (a solid mixture of organic chemical compounds) from which liquid hydrocarbons can be produced. In addition to kerogen, general composition of oil shales constitutes inorganic substance and bitumens. Based on their deposition environment, oil shales are classified as marine, lacustrine and terrestrial oil shales. Oil shales differ from oil-bearing shales, shale deposits that contain petroleum (tight oil) that is sometimes produced from drilled wells. Oil shale is an organic-rich sedimentary rock, belongs to the group of sapropel fuels. (Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_shale)
Broader concept
In other languages
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French
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pyroschiste
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schiste kérobitumeux
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/QX8-NTQX0LMD-W
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