Of course.
But one must consider EROI when calculating whether or not it is profitable to drill/mine for energy.
EROI = Energy returned on energy invested.
If you are expending the close tot the same amount of energy to extract/process/ship the oil than the amount of energy extracted, that oil becomes unprofitable to extract ... or super expensive to buy.
Shell reported from their pilot plant project 3~4 times more energy returned from what was consumed.
And when you consider low cost natural gas consumed and a near light, sweet liquid petroleum returned, the economics are even better.
Not as good as energy/cost spent in the Bakken or Eagle Ford today, but profitable if permitted.
I never suggested we should use more energy getting iy out than we profit by it.
But it might be a viable alternative. Especially since using microwaves “cooks out” the lighter, more volatile compounds and leaves the heavier, more sulfur-laden residues behind.
Thinking-outside-the-box kinda stuff.