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oil shale


is shale containing a rubbery hydrocarbon known as kerogen. When shale is heated, the kerogen vaporizes and condenses as tar-like oil called shale oil, which can be upgraded and refined into products in much the same way as liquid petroleum. There are large oil shale deposits in the U.S., the richest being in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.

 

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