Oil shale deposits in Jordan
Occurrences of oil shale have been reported in most of the Jordanian districts. The geological studies and exploration for water, oil and minerals showed that oil shale is widely distributed in many parts of the country, either outcropping at the surface or encountered in exploratory wells. The following are the main localities of oil shale: (a) in northern Jordan (Irbid District), for example at Yarmouk river, Buweida and Beit Ras villages and at Risha H-4 area in the north-eastern Panhandle; (b) in Central Jordan (Karak District) in the area between Al-Husseinieh in the south and Daba'a in the north along the Desert Highway and also in El-Lajjun area; (c) Southern Jordan (Ma'an Area) at Jafr area; (d) West Bank - Nabi Musa Area. The average thickness of oil shale deposits varies from 30 m in El-Lajjun area to 400 m in the Yarmouk area. A conservative estimate of oil shale reserves in Jordan is 50 billion tons. What is really important is not the total reserves that may exist but the minable reserves. This includes deposits with favorable characteristics for large scale, economical development. The deposits in Central Jordan have been selected for detailed studies because they are the shallowest known deposits which offer favorable mining conditions, the area is traversed by main roads in the central part of the country where a reasonable infrastructure exists and reasonable amounts of groundwater are available for the industrial utilization. Among the deposits in Central Jordan, El-Lajjun has been selected for feasibility studies.
- Research Organization:
- Natural Resources Authority, The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
- OSTI ID:
- 6938220
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-840415-
- Journal Information:
- Am. Chem. J.; (United States), Vol. 29:3; Conference: 187. national meeting of the American Chemical Society, St. Louis, MO, USA, 8 Apr 1984
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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