OIL SHLAE PROJECT

Oil Shale In Jordan Represents A Significant Potential
Resource. Oil Shale Deposits Underlie More Than 60%
Of Jordanian Territory, And Are Estimated About
100 Billion Tones Of Oil Shale. The Deposits Include A
High Quality Marinite Oil Shale Of Late Cretaceous To
Early Tertiary Age. The Most Important And
Investigated Deposits Are Located In West-Central
Jordan, Where They Occur At The Surface And Close To Developed
Infrastructure.
In General Jordanian Oil Shales Are Of High Quality, Comparable To The Western
United States Oil Shale, Although Their Sulfur Content Is Usually Higher. While
The Sulfur Content Of The Most Of Oil Shales In Jordan Varies From 0.3 To 4.3%,
The Jurfed Darawish And The Sultani Deposits Have Sulfur Content Of 8 And
10% Respectively. Sulfur Is Mostly Associated With The Organic Matter With
Minor Occurrence As Pyrite. The Moisture Content Of The Oil Shale Is Low (2 To
5.5%). The Major Mineral Components Of The Jordanian Oil Shale Are Calcite,
Quartz, Kaolinite, And Apatite, Along With Small Amounts Of Dolomite, Feldspar,