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Composition, Geochemistry, and Conversion of Oil Shales
Colin . Ed(S): Snape
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Description for Composition, Geochemistry, and Conversion of Oil Shales
hardcover. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Akcay, Turkey, 18--31 July 1993 Editor(s): Snape, Colin. Series: NATO Science Series C. Num Pages: 505 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBGK; RBGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 901.
Oil shales are broadly dermed as petroleum source rocks containing sufficiently high contents of organic matter (above ca 10-15 wt. %) to make utilisation a possibility. Like coal, the world's reserves of oil shales are vast being many times larger than those proven for crude oil. Indeed, some of the largest deposits occur in the USA and Europe where Estonia and Turkey have large reserves. The first recorded interest in oil shale retorting was an English patent in 1694 (Eele, Hancock and Porter, No. 330) which refers to distilling noyle from some kind of stone". The oil shale retorting industry ... Read more
Oil shales are broadly dermed as petroleum source rocks containing sufficiently high contents of organic matter (above ca 10-15 wt. %) to make utilisation a possibility. Like coal, the world's reserves of oil shales are vast being many times larger than those proven for crude oil. Indeed, some of the largest deposits occur in the USA and Europe where Estonia and Turkey have large reserves. The first recorded interest in oil shale retorting was an English patent in 1694 (Eele, Hancock and Porter, No. 330) which refers to distilling noyle from some kind of stone". The oil shale retorting industry ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
505
Condition
New
Series
NATO Science Series C
Number of Pages
505
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792333432
SKU
V9780792333432
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