Well, I guess the future is here. The oil of the “future” is being cracked today from the Texas Eagleford in several refineries here in Texas.
Although it is proving to be a challenge since it is a lighter crude and coking over equipment resulting in more turn arounds.
Also old time process operators are having to relearn and change their operating parameters and companies are having to retrofit equipment (add preheaters), it is being done.
“Well, I guess the future is here. The oil of the “future” is being cracked today from the Texas Eagleford in several refineries here in Texas.”
Listen carefully and I will repeat. The Eagleford shale oil is not the same thing as the kerogen found in the Green River formation.
I wish they would just drop the terms “shale oil” and “oil shale. “ it creates so much confusion, even I am confused sometimes and I understand the difference,
They should just refer to it as crude oil or kerogen depending on which it is.