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shale
shale Common
sedimentary rock formed from mud or clay. Characterized by very fine layering, it may contain various materials such as fossils, carbonaceous matter and oil.
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Shale smear along large faults: continuity of smear and the fault seal capacity
Magazine article from: Journal of the Geological Society; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...associated with thick (tens of metres) shale source layers and fault segments that are...demonstrated that rock types other than shale, such as coal, siltstones and carbonates...fault gouge. A critical threshold for the shale smear factor (SSF), given by the fault...
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Shales remain hot as companies report progress in new gas plays.
Magazine article from: Natural Gas Week; 2/6/2006; ; 700+ words
; Shales have become a hot item in the...with recent updates on nascent shale plays in Oklahoma and West Texas...the big cheese among Barnett Shale producers, disclosed that it...target the Woodford and Caney shale formations. Company President...
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SHALE'S NEW HOPE SHELL TESTS TECHNOLOGY TO COOK OIL OUT OF ROCKS UNDERGROUND.(Business)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 10/18/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...experimental technology to extract oil from shale formations. Although the project, called...are revisiting technologies to recover shale oil, plans put on the back burner 30 years...oil. One reason why - the Green River shale deposits in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming...
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Shale tectonics and deformation associated with active diapirism: The Jerudong anticline, Brunei Darussalam
Magazine article from: Journal of the Geological Society; 5/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...to NE SW-trending growth faulting and shale-diapir growth. Early normal faults...activity is indicated by the presence of shale dykes which commonly intrude normal fault planes, and concordant shale intrusions. Shale intrusions, associated...
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US shale gas development: an introduction.
Newspaper article from: Petroleum Intelligence Weekly; 8/25/2008; 700+ words
; ...basins, and in particular its shale gas reservoirs, to the point...and EOG are currently driving shale gas development, but the majors...the industry never thought of shale as a source rock, because it...techniques. It's now apparent that shales can actually hold enormous volumes...
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OIL SHALE RESOURCES:JIM HANSEN
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 5/15/2008; 700+ words
; ...15-2008 Statement of Jim Hansen Oil Shale Exploration Company Committee on Senate...and I am testifying on behalf of the Oil Shale Exploration Company, more commonly known...source for our nation`s future, oil shale. US Oil Shale Resource The United States...
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OIL SHALE RESOURCES:STEVE SMITH
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 5/15/2008; 700+ words
; ...consider the possible development of oil shale resources in sensitive and arid western...one of America's richer deposits of oil shale and within 100 miles of what is projected to be half the world's supply of oil shale. Over the past nineteen years living there...
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Marcellus Shale Committee Applauds State Elected Leaders for Pro- Jobs Position
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 4/16/2009; 700+ words
; ...Scarnati regarding the support of Marcellus Shale natural gas development, the Marcellus Shale Committee, the Independent Oil and Gas Association...supporting the development of the Marcellus Shale, including their public remarks rejecting unnecessary...
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Shale gas developed in US, Canada; yet to be exploited worldwide.
Newspaper article from: The Oil Daily; 4/7/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...place, of which half is shale gas. Not all of this...located in 688 different shales in 142 separate basins...estimates that global shale gas resources could range...Hopkins said. All shales are not created equal...Hopkins pointed out that shale operations require...
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Oil shale appears from the horizon once again.(SPECIAL REPORT: Development)
Magazine article from: China Chemical Reporter; 12/6/2005; 700+ words
; ...the exploration and development of oil shale resources in Jilin province (CCR2005...Facts come to light In Jilin Sheil Oil Shale Development Co., Ltd. Shell owns 61...research on the commercial usability of oil shale resources in Jilin province and then a...
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oil shale
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...fuels. Use of oil shales Oil-shale deposits occur in...economically viable oil-shale industries collapsed...and processing oil shales were too great to...composition of oil shales For many years there...of ‘oil shale’, other...
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Burgess Shale and Ediacaran Faunas
Book article from: Animal Sciences
Burgess Shale and Ediacaran Faunas The Burgess Shale was one of the most famous and important fossil localities...exploring the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia. The Burgess Shale, which is now a part of Yolo National Park, is famous for...
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shale
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...parallel to its bedding planes. Shale tends to be fissile, i.e...the layers of stratified rock. Shales comprise an estimated 55% of...sedimentary rocks. The composition of shale varies widely. Shales with very high silica content...
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Burgess Shale fauna
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
Burgess Shale fauna The Burgess Shale is a lens-shaped mass of muddy sediments in the basinal shales of the Middle Cambrian Stephen Formation...Lagerstätten: the Burgess Shale, the Devonian Hunsrückschiefer...
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black shales
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
black shales Although many sedimentary rocks are coloured...black examples are rare: coal and black shales are the only two common types. Both these...fossil fuels. The organic matter of black shales tends to comprise a high proportion of...
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