harrys ghost
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The next step in oil exploration?
I read an interesting article a while back about this project:
http://www.shell.com/home/Framework?siteId=us-en&FC2=&FC3=/us-en/html/iwgen/shell_for_businesses/exploration_production_shared/mahogany_shared/dir_mahogany.html
Apparently, Shell has figured out a way to extract oil from oil shale in situ that does not require rehydrogenation. They way that it had been done in the past is mining the shale and melting it. But the high melting temperatures necessitated reintroducing hydrogen to the oil, basically defeating the purpose.
I read an interesting article a while back about this project:
http://www.shell.com/home/Framework?siteId=us-en&FC2=&FC3=/us-en/html/iwgen/shell_for_businesses/exploration_production_shared/mahogany_shared/dir_mahogany.html
Apparently, Shell has figured out a way to extract oil from oil shale in situ that does not require rehydrogenation. They way that it had been done in the past is mining the shale and melting it. But the high melting temperatures necessitated reintroducing hydrogen to the oil, basically defeating the purpose.
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