Before we get too far along and the conversation turns to fracking, there’s a distinction: Oil shale is not produced by fracking. Its confusing terminology, but the oil that comes out of shale formations by drilling wells and hydraulically fracturing them is called shale oil. That wording flip-flop means a world of difference. Oil shale is typically produced by strip mining oil-rich rocks and then processing them to get out the oil – a costly undertaking that can use a lot of water.
Posted on: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 22:00:02 +0000
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