Transformation: Heat and pressure convert this organic material into kerogen, and eventually, hydrocarbons under specific geological conditions. ・Migration and trapping: The oil and gas migrate ...

Oil shale is an inorganic, nonporous sedimentary marlstone rock containing various amounts of solid organic material (known as kerogen) that yields hydrocarbons, along with non-hydrocarbons, and a ...

Researchers from the Technical Faculties Campus of Tehran University, in collaboration with the Exploration Department of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), have developed technology to extract ...