Oil shale: stone "squeezing" oil to solve energy crisis

The International Energy Agency predicted in the World Energy Outlook report that after 2020, the supply of oil from non-traditional sources will increase significantly, accounting for about 8% of the world's total oil demand. In the eyes of professionals, oil shale, known as “artificial oil”, is a useful supplement to traditional petroleum resources and is seen as a new hope for human energy. According to estimates, the international crude oil price remains above $50/barrel, and oil shale refining is profitable. At the current oil price level, it is profitable. Because of this, international energy giants have laid out in advance and tried to take the lead in this field. It is estimated that by 2020, the world's oil shale consumption will be 130 million tons.

New hope for human energy

Oil shale is an unconventional oil and gas resource. It is listed as a very important replacement energy source in the 21st century with its rich resources and feasibility of development and utilization. Like oil, natural gas and coal, it is a non-renewable fossil energy source, which is mainly produced by the decay and coalification of lower plankton such as algae. According to experts from the Exploration and Development Research Institute of Sinopec Group, large oil shale is crushed, screened, sent to a huge furnace, and heated under air-insulated conditions to decompose organic matter into shale oil.

In fact, it is more troublesome to extract oil shale from the ground and refine it. Now, scientists have come up with a good way: to drill some holes in the ground to the ground, insert the perforated steel pipe into the oil shale, and then emit a very high frequency electromagnetic wave, which is generated by high frequency electricity. The heat dissipates the organic matter in the oil shale into shale oil and gas, causing it to travel along the production well to the ground to serve humans.

According to incomplete statistics, the global oil shale resources contain about 10 trillion tons of resources, 40% more than coal resources. China's oil shale proven resources are 31.5 billion tons, with a projected resource of 452 billion tons, and more than 85% of it is distributed in Jilin, Liaoning and Guangdong provinces. Among them, Jilin Province has proven recoverable reserves of 17.45 billion tons, accounting for 55.3% of the total proven oil shale in the country; Guangdong has proven recoverable reserves of more than 5.515 billion tons, ranking second in the country.

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As the shortage of traditional resources becomes more and more serious, the status of “artificial oil” will become more and more important, and oil shale has attracted more and more attention. In the next decade or two, the shale oil industry will develop at an unprecedented rate. The National Development and Reform Commission issued the "Industrial Structure Adjustment Guidance Catalogue (2011)", which was implemented from June 1 this year, explicitly proposed to encourage the exploration of unconventional resources such as shale gas, oil shale, oil sands, and natural gas hydrates.

Oil shale can be described as a treasure. Experts from China University of Petroleum said that in general, 1 ton of oil shale can extract 38 to 378 liters of shale oil, and hydrocracking can be used to obtain gasoline, kerosene, diesel, paraffin, stone tar and other chemical products; Oil shale can be directly used as boiler fuel to generate steam for power generation. It can also be burned or used for long-distance transportation. The shale ash after oil shale retorting and combustion is mainly used to produce building materials such as cement and brick. In addition, oil shale can also be used directly in the production of organic fertilizers.

Since the French shale oil industry in 1838, the development and application of oil shale has been nearly 200 years old. The use of oil shale varies from country to country. In Estonia, oil shale is mainly used to generate and refine shale oil; in Brazil, it is mainly used as transportation fuel; in Germany, it is mainly used to make cement and building materials; in China and Australia, it is mainly used to refine shale oil and Used as fuel; in Russia and Israel, it is mainly used for power generation.

Scale development is just around the corner

As a mineral resource with abundant reserves, oil shale is not yet well utilized. There are two main reasons for this: First, the cost of producing shale oil and oil shale is relatively high, and second, the environmental pollution caused by the production and processing process is large. Therefore, under the current technical conditions, there is still some resistance to the utilization of oil shale. In the short term, shale oil is also difficult to replace crude oil, and coal dominates the fossil fuel market.

Although the development and utilization of oil shale is limited, if the technology can keep up with the requirements of environmental protection and meet economically viable conditions, the prospect of oil shale utilization will be very bright. At present, Australia and Estonia are very optimistic about the development and utilization of oil shale, and have developed an ambitious plan. Germany and Israel have also attached great importance to the full use of oil shale resources and environmental protection. They have carried out a large number of researches on the comprehensive utilization of oil shale and have mastered some advanced technologies.

In China, the development and utilization of oil shale has been more than 70 years old. Liaoning Fushun built the oil shale factory in 1928, which was the world's largest shale oil production base. From the 1960s to the 1990s, the rapid development of the conventional oil industry gradually reduced the scale of oil shale development; since 2000, oil prices Continued to push higher to promote the recovery of the oil shale industry, a number of projects have been invested in development. Experts predict that domestic shale oil production in 2015 is expected to reach 800,000 tons.

According to data from the Estonian scientific community, the development and refining cost of shale oil per barrel is about $40, while the total cost of our country is about $60/barrel. In recent years, China has increased its investment in oil shale utilization technology and carried out a large amount of research and experimental work. At present, China has mastered the key and integrated technologies for comprehensive development and utilization of oil shale. The oil shale refining and low calorific value coal power generation technologies are also becoming mature, and the technical obstacles are less and less, showing a good development prospect.

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