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Oil shale in Serbia

Overview of the industry in Serbia

Oil shale in Serbia is a large, but undeveloped energy resource. Serbia is estimated to have a total resource of 4.81 billion tonnes of oil shale, with up to 3.6 billion tonnes of recoverable reserves, all concentrated within the Aleksinac, Vranje, Senonian Tectonic Trench, Valjevo, Western Morava, Kruševac, Babušnica, Kosanica, Niš and Levač basins, which are all located in the Central - Eastern part of the country.

History

Although oil shale was known in Serbia for centuries, a more detailed exploration started in 1980s. The Southern Serbia region, covering an area equal to around 30% of the country and containing oil shales of Upper Devonian to Lower Carboniferous age, was extensively studied during the 1980s, while the smaller deposits in the other parts of the country were found to be of negligible economic value. Within the region, two potentially exploitable large deposits, Aleksinac and Vina-Zubetin, have been identified, estimated to contain 2 and 0.85 billion tonnes of oil shale respectively. The Aleksinac deposit is equal to approximately 210 Moilbbl of shale oil. The deposit is Lower Miocene and it associated with coal seams. It is about 30 m thick.

Geology

Compared to other large deposits (e.g. Estonian deposits), Serbian oil shale is of lower quality containing around 20% organic matter, while the ash content ranges from 50 to 64%.{{Cite conference |archive-date = 2012-03-12 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120312221816/http://www.oilshalesymposium.com/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/COKORILO.pdf |url-status = dead

Shale oil extraction

Estonian company Viru Keemia Grupp is looking for investing in Serbia's oil shale industry.{{Cite news

Serbian oil shale deposits

Drežnica
Goč
Kaludra
Klašnić
Lazac
Odžaci
Rača
Raljin
Stance
Vlase

References

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