PRESENTATION Oil Shale Tech. The Basics. Raytheon Company: Newsroom - News Release Archive. TEWKSBURY, Mass., May 8, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Shale reserves, estimated at more than two trillion barrels in the U.S., are a potential source of oil that now may be economically unlocked thanks to technology developed by Raytheon Company and its partner, CF Technologies.
Raytheon's Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) business' radio frequency (RF) energy combined with critical fluid (CF) technology shows promise for efficiently extracting oil from shale. "Raytheon is an expert in RF technology," said Lee Silvestre, director of Mission Innovation at Raytheon IDS.
Discussion Network: Microwave oil recovery from oil shale ... Schlumberger Acquires Raytheon Technology for Oil Extraction from Oil Shale and Oil Sands. Schlumberger Acquires Raytheon Technology for Oil Extraction from Oil Shale and Oil Sands Schlumberger, a leading oilfield services company, has acquired Raytheon’s technology for the extraction of oil from oil shale and oil sands.
Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. The technology, developed by Raytheon and partner CF Technologies for oil shale processing, combines radio frequency (RF) technology from Raytheon with critical fluid (CF) technology from CF Technologies.
Microwave oil recovery of oil shale and oil sands. Shale oil extraction - Wiki. Shale oil extraction is an industrial process for unconventional oil production.
This process converts kerogen in oil shale into shale oil by pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution. The resultant shale oil is used as fuel oil or upgraded to meet refinery feedstock specifications by adding hydrogen and removing sulfur and nitrogen impurities. Shale oil extraction is usually performed above ground (ex situ processing) by mining the oil shale and then treating it in processing facilities. Other modern technologies perform the processing underground (on-site or in situ processing) by applying heat and extracting the oil via oil wells. The earliest description of the process dates to the 10th century.