Oct

11

Huge Oil Strike in Oklahoma

October 11, 2012 | 5 Comments

Continental Resources Inc. unveiled its newest oil field with a reservoir rock of an oil-rich portion of the Woodford Shale that lies beneath oil fields tapped long ago by some of the state’s biggest oil names, including Phillips Petroleum, Noble, Hefner and Skelly Oil. The new field is in an area of southern Oklahoma that […]

Jul

15

Getting to All That Shale Oil

July 15, 2010 | 3 Comments

Chinese researchers have identified a catalyst called NiMoW, for the hydrotreating of the refined diesel distillate fraction from the Fushun shale oil deposit. Shale oil has high levels of nitrogen, sulfur, and unsaturated hydrocarbons, limiting its potential use to supplant or replace crude oil.  Coming up with economical cleaning systems would get shale oil more […]

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