Blue Ensign Technologies Limited () is an Australian
oil shale company developing the
Julia Creek oil shale project through its subsidiary Queensland Shale Oil Limited. It is an owner of the intellectual property of the Rendall Process, a patented hydrogen donor
solvent
A solvent (s) (from the Latin '' solvÅ'', "loosen, untie, solve") is a substance that dissolves a solute, resulting in a solution. A solvent is usually a liquid but can also be a solid, a gas, or a supercritical fluid. Water is a solvent for ...
process of
shale oil extraction. JSG-A LP (John Rendall's family) owns 42.6% of shares and
Colonial First State owns 24.3%.
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Julia Creek Project
Queensland Shale Oil Limited holds a tenement of near Julia Creek in Queensland. At the first stage, a pilot shale oil
Shale oil is an unconventional oil produced from oil shale rock fragments by pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution. These processes convert the organic matter within the rock (kerogen) into synthetic oil and gas. The resulting oil ca ...
plant with processing capacity one tonne of oil shale per hour will be built at Townsville. At the second stage, an oil shale mine and commercial scale shale oil plant with processing capacity of 600 tonnes per hour to be developed at Julia Creek. At the third stage, a full scale commercial shale oil plant with capacity of 2,000 tonnes per hour will be developed.[
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Rendall Process
In the Rendall Process, oil shale is mixed with a petroleum-based liquid fuel. The mixture is heated to with pressure of ~600 PSI in a closed chamber before it's fed into a second unit for hydrogenation
Hydrogenation is a chemical reaction between molecular hydrogen (H2) and another compound or element, usually in the presence of a Catalysis, catalyst such as nickel, palladium or platinum. The process is commonly employed to redox, reduce or S ...
of kerogen in a hydrogen donor solvent. Shale gas vapors are captured to produce hydrogen for the processing unit and to generate heat and power.[
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External links
Company website
Oil companies of Australia
Oil shale companies
North West Queensland