A sedimentary rock with a large amount of kerogen is referred to as oil shale. Chemicals and biological compounds combine to form kerogen. The rock can be used to remove hydrocarbons using technology. Authorities' Marjory later characterized the phrase as a type of promotional missioner. This is explained by the rock's lack of shale and the fact that its kerogen tends to be different from that of petroleum oil. handling oil shale takes a lot longer than handling crude oil. Its economic viability has been thought to be impacted by a number of variables, including how long it takes. The majority of the deposits of the shale oil are today found around the world. Some of the major deposits are found in the United States of America. The global deposits of the product are estimated to be at 2.8 trillion to 3.3 trillion barrels (Raado et al 91).
Currently, the product has gained attention as an energy resource. The popularity is brought by the fact that there has been an increase in oil price. Also, many areas have been concentrating on the external suppliers of energy. Also, oil shale mining and the process is involving and have a lot of environmental issues. Some of the established environmental issues that have been identified with the product include waste disposal, water use, land use, greenhouse gas emissions, air pollutions waste and water management. Some of the countries that today have well-established oil shale industries include China and Estonia
Another aspect that is used in defining the product is through its geology. Oil shale majorly consists of an organic aspect of the sedimentary rock. It is said to be belonging to a group of saprobe fuels. The oil majorly differs from the bitchen-impregnated rocks, carbonaceous shale, and holmic coals
The oil shale has, however no definite geological definitions or specific chemical formulae have. They vary considerably in their mineral content, age type of kerogen, chemical composition, and the depositional history. They do not seem to have discrete boundaries, and a sebaceous content varies.
Another import way to define the product is through the industry: as by 2008, most of their industries were already using oil shale. Some of the countries that had all day established the use of oil shale included China, Estonia, and Brazil. Also, to some extent, the oil was being used in Germany and Russia. In China and Estonia, the oil is used for power generation. It is also used in chemical industries sin these two countries. Currently, both the Romania and crisis have also run some of the power plants that were being run by oil shale (Raado et al 91).
Extraction and procession are also another way of defining the product: the primary exploitation of the oil shale involves mining that is usually followed by shipping elsewhere. After the extraction, it can be burned directly to generate electricity. In some case, it can take further processing (Raado et al 147).
Finally, there is the Application and products, and the environmental considerations as ways of defining the product Industries shave been using the oil as a source o fuels for their thermal power plants. In this case, it is burnt like coal they are used in driving steam turbines. Apart from its use fuel, oil shale is also known to be serving in the production of carbon fibers, carbon blacks, resins, glues tanning agent's road bitumen and bricks. For the Environmental considerations, the mining of oil shale involves some environmental impacts. Most of these impacts are pronounced in surface mining than experienced in the underground mining. Some o these environmental issues include acidic drainage, increased erosion, air pollution, surface gas Emmons and the aspect of transport and support activities.
Works Cited
Raado, Lembi-Merike, et al. "Composition and Properties of Oil Shale Ash Concrete." Oil Shale, vol. 31, no. 2, 2014, p. 147.
Raado, Lembi-Merike, et al. "Oil Shale Ash Based Stone Formation-Hydration, Hardening Dynamics and Phase Transformations." Oil Shale, vol. 31, no. 1, 2014, p. 91.
