Oil Shale

The fined-grained sedimentary rock known as oil shale contains significant amounts of kerogen, from which our technology can extract liquid hydrocarbons.  Kerogen requires more processing than crude oil, which increases its economic cost as a crude-oil substitute both economically and in terms of its environmental impact.  Typical processes require 2 barrels of water to make 1 barrel of oil.    

While oil shale is found in many places worldwide, a large part of the world’s supply of oil shale is found in the United States located in the Green River Formation, covering portions of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.  Estimates of the oil resources from shale within the Green River Formation range from 1.2 to 1.8 trillion barrels.

GRC

Global Resource Corporation, through lab experimentation, has identified that there is great potential in utilizing microwave technology to extract hydrocarbons from oil shale.  GRC's technology does not require water as part of the process.  Our studies indicate that we have the ability to retrieve 90 gallons of oil per ton of shale.