Timahdit oil shale deposit explained

Timahdit oil shale deposit
Place:Timahdite
Subdivision Type:Region
State/Province:Fès-Meknès
Country:Morocco
Products:Oil shale

The Timahdit oil shale deposit is an oil shale deposit located about southeast of Rabat near Timahdite, Fès-Meknès, Morocco. It is the second largest oil-shale deposit in Morocco.[1] [2] Geologically, it comprises two basins: El koubbat and Angueur synclines.[3] The oil shale formation is about long and 4to wide. The volume of the El koubbat syncline formation is about ; the Angueur syncline area is about .[3] [4]

The deposit is estimated to consist of 42 billion tons of oil shale, containing of shale oil.[1] The oil shale formation's thickness varies from 80to.[3] [4] Its moisture content is 6–11% and sulfur content is about 2%. On average it yields of shale oil per one ton of oil shale.[4] As the Timahdit deposit is located near Ifrane National Park and Haut-Atlas Oriental National Park, oil extraction is an environmentally sensitive issue.[5]

The Timahdit deposit was discovered during the 1960s.[6] The deposit was researched and tested during the 1970s and 1980s.[1] The Moroccan Office of Hydrocarbons and Mining (ONHYM) developed and tested a shale oil extraction process called T3 which in 1984–1986 produced approximately 400 tons of shale oil at Timahdit.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Dyni , John R. . Survey of energy resources . Oil Shale . Clarke . Alan W. . Trinnaman . Judy A. . . 2010 . 22 . 116 . 978-0-946121-02-1 . 2011-10-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120304064924/http://www.worldenergy.org/documents/ser_2010_report.pdf . 2012-03-04.
  2. Aboulkas . A. . El Harfi . K. . Study of the kinetics and mechanisms of thermal decomposition of Moroccan Tarfaya oil shale and its kerogen . Oil Shale. A Scientific-Technical Journal . Estonian Academy Publishers . 25 . 4 . 1–4 . 2008 . 0208-189X . 10.3176/oil.2008.4.04 . 2011-10-27.
  3. Bencherifa . Mohammed . Moroccan oil shale research and development. ONHYM's recent strategy . Regional Cooperation for Clean Utilization of Oil Shale . MED-EMIP . Dead Sea, Jordan . 2009-04-08 . 2011-10-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120403092635/http://www.medemip.eu/Calc/FM/MED-EMIP/OtherDownloads/Docs_Related_to_the_Region/Oil%20Shale%20-%20Jourdan%20-%20April%202009/Day2/Moroccan_Oil_shale_Research_and_Development_ONHYM_recent_strategy.pdf . April 3, 2012 .
  4. Book: Dyni , John R. . Geology and resources of some world oil-shale deposits. Scientific Investigations Report 2005–5294 . . 2006 . 2011-10-27.
  5. News: Morocco Oil Shale Deposits, an Alternative Oil Source Following Oil Spill in US Gulf . Morocco Board News Service . 2010-05-20 . 2011-10-27.
  6. Concept Paper for Creating An International Oil Shale Council For the Nations of Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Turkey, and Syria . Sladek . Thomas A. . MED-EMIP . 2010-01-10 . 26 . 2011-10-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120403093050/http://www.medemip.eu/Calc/FM/MED-EMIP/OtherDownloads/Docs_Related_to_the_Region/201002_Oil_Shale_Conference-Sharm_El_Sheikh/IOSC_Report-Jan2010-2.pdf . April 3, 2012 .
  7. Bencherifa . Mohammed . Alami . A. Chakor . Epifanio . Demarco . Mendonça . Augusto . Allix . Pierre . Sabbag . Jean-Nicolas . Timahdit Oil Shale Deposit Evaluation - Morocco . 28th Oil Shale Symposium . . 2008-10-15 . 2011-10-27.

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