In Siberia? Are you talking about shale deposits not found or the oil fields they have found and are producing?
The fields I worked with are not shale. They used downhole pumps on variable frequency drives. The only water issue was the excess water produced with production that had to be reinjected in the reservoir.
The largest oil shale formation found in Russia is in the Olenyok Basin. It is about tenth the size of our Piceance Basin or Green River Basin. With the Olenyok River and very little demand for water in the area, since there is little of anything else, this is not a major issue.
I’m sorry.
I meant the Green River formation. I heard the amount of water needed to extract the oil would not be possible to get in the area.