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OIL SHALE
Timahdit
TABLE 1
RESERVE ESTIMATES
Medium High Total
G^de Grade Deposit
Thickness, meters 85 30 150
Tons of Shale, million 3,250 620 42,000
Oil Yield, liters/ton 70 85 62.5
Oil Reserves, million tons 215 50 2,495
Tarfaya
Thickness, meters 13 13 33
Tons of Shale, million 8,850 6,236 80,000
Oil Yield, liters/ton 65 72 55
Oil Reserves, million tons 656 371 3,690
An item of special significance, pointed out in the in Figure 2, these shales respond especially well
doctoral study, is the response of Morocco oil to retorting in a fluidized bed retort. ap- Yields
shales to different retorting techniques. As seen preciably above Fischer Assay can be achieved.
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THE SYNTHETIC FUELS REPORT, JANUARY 1995