Peter Bond. Picture: Paul Loughnan Source: The Advertiser
A PROCESS never before used in Australia -- burning shale deep underground to produce oil -- will be used by Linc Energy to develop deposits in a remote part of South Australia.
Linc Energy is best known for underground coal gasification, a process that involves burning coal while still underground to produce energy.
The company claims it has found 200 billion tonnes of oil shale in the Arckaringa Basin in northern South Australia, and claims it can produce 8.2 billion barrels of oil by burning the shale while still underground.
The shale containing the oil deposits is 850m underground and covers 1150sq km.
The Australian
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