English Standard Version (ESV)
24 And of Asher he said,
“Most blessed of sons be Asher;
let him be the favorite of his brothers,
and let him dip his foot in oil.
Poor article.
Critical item: Oil shale and shale oil is not the same thing. This is talking about oil shale and oil shale is not oil. It is kerogen. Kerogen doesn’t refine. It’s not oil.
Converting kerogen to oil is similar to converting coal or methane to oil. You have to expend enormous amounts of joules to get the desired result. The process can’t scale. There is never enough local water (or joules) to make it happen.
People always want to point at various processes for synthesizing oil and say there will always be enough. It’s not true. Synthesis has never shown any potential for doing 75 million barrels / day.