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Oil shale gas, the Glossary

Oil shale gas (also: retort gas or retorting gas) is a synthetic non-condensable gas mixture (syngas) produced by oil shale thermal processing (pyrolysis).^[1]

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Fuel gas
Oil shale
Synthetic fuels
Unconventional gas

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) is a professional organization for chemical engineers.

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Carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.

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Carbon monoxide

Carbon monoxide (chemical formula CO) is a poisonous, flammable gas that is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and slightly less dense than air.

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Coal gas

Coal gas is a flammable gaseous fuel made from coal and supplied to the user via a piped distribution system. Oil shale gas and coal gas are fuel gas and synthetic fuels.

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Combustibility and flammability

A combustible material is a material that can burn (i.e., sustain a flame) in air under certain conditions.

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Condensation

Condensation is the change of the state of matter from the gas phase into the liquid phase, and is the reverse of vaporization.

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Decomposition

Decomposition or rot is the process by which dead organic substances are broken down into simpler organic or inorganic matter such as carbon dioxide, water, simple sugars and mineral salts.

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Eesti Energia

Eesti Energia AS is a public limited energy company in Estonia with its headquarters in Tallinn.

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Ethylene

Ethylene (IUPAC name: ethene) is a hydrocarbon which has the formula or.

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Hydrocarbon

In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon.

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Hydrogen

Hydrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol H and atomic number 1.

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Hydrogen sulfide

Hydrogen sulfide is a chemical compound with the formula.

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Institute of Petroleum

The Institute of Petroleum (IP) was a UK-based professional organisation founded in 1913 as the Institute of Petroleum Technologists.

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Kerogen

Kerogen is solid, insoluble organic matter in sedimentary rocks.

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Kohtla-Järve

Kohtla-Järve is a city and municipality in northeastern Estonia, founded in 1924 and incorporated as a town in 1946.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Methane

Methane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula (one carbon atom bonded to four hydrogen atoms). Oil shale gas and Methane are fuel gas.

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Natural gas (also called fossil gas, methane gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane (95%) in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes. Oil shale gas and natural gas are fuel gas.

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Nitrogen

Nitrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol N and atomic number 7.

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Oil shale

Oil shale is an organic-rich fine-grained sedimentary rock containing kerogen (a solid mixture of organic chemical compounds) from which liquid hydrocarbons can be produced.

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Petroleum

Petroleum or crude oil, also referred to as simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations.

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Pyrolysis

Pyrolysis is the process of thermal decomposition of materials at elevated temperatures, often in an inert atmosphere.

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Retort

In a chemistry laboratory, a retort is a device used for distillation or dry distillation of substances.

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Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.

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Shale gas

Shale gas is an unconventional natural gas that is found trapped within shale formations. Oil shale gas and shale gas are unconventional gas.

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Shale oil

Shale oil is an unconventional oil produced from oil shale rock fragments by pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution. Oil shale gas and shale oil are oil shale and synthetic fuels.

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Shale oil extraction is an industrial process for unconventional oil production.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_shale_gas

Also known as Oil-shale gas, Retort gas, Retorting gas, Retorting gases.

Oil shale gas, the Glossary

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See also

Fuel gas

Oil shale

Synthetic fuels

Unconventional gas

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