دیکشنری تخصصی مهندسی نفت - نسخه آنلاین

oil, gas, coal. The source of the energy may also have bearing on the definition. Unconventional hydrocarbon energy sources include shale oil (both mature and immature),shale gas, and tight gas (ultra low permeability, usually less than 0.001 millidarcy)

n: see oil shale.

can be either a immature oil phase, often called Kerogen, or actual oil in the crocks of pores of a shale.

hydrocarbon from unconventional and more difficult to produce resources such as (hydrocarbon): shale gas, shale oil, heavy and viscous oil, hydrates, tight gas, etc.