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RambleOnNW
Nov 10, 2012Explorer II
There is actually no oil in the oil shales of Colorado. What is there is kerogen embedded in marlstone, a precursor to oil. The kerogen must be heated to more than 750 degrees F to convert it into oil because it was never buried deeply enough to have the heat and pressure to convert the kerogen into oil in the first place.
You can read and learn all about it from the Colorado Geological Survey here.
You can read and learn all about it from the Colorado Geological Survey here.
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