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Source of shale oil
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kerogen
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n. any organic matter present in a sedimentary rock that is insoluble in organic solvents; the precursor of oil and natural gas
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Kerogen (Greek κηρός "wax" and -gen, γένεση "birth") is a mixture of organic chemical compounds that make up a portion of the organic matter in sedimentary rocks . It is insoluble in normal organic solvents because of the high molecular weight (upwards ...
Usage examples of kerogen.
I'm looking forward to getting this kerogen, or whatever it is, back to the hab module.
Without the kerogen supplement, our ecosystem isn't going to last long.
Mariko says kerogen is so useful we might as well have found chicken soup in the rocks.
All day and all night there’s the roar of the extractor furnaces, heating and grinding the marlstone to get the kerogen out of it, and the rumble of the long-line conveyors, dragging the spent shale away to pile it somewhere.
All day and all night there's the roar of the extractor furnaces, heating and grinding the marlstone to get the kerogen out of it, and the rumble of the long-line conveyors, dragging the spent shale away to pile it somewhere.