Japan shale oil extraction

Japan shale oil extraction

YURIHONJO, Japan - Liquid containing shale oil is pumped to the surface at the Ayukawa oil and gas field in Yurihonjo, Akita Prefecture, on Oct. 3, 2012. Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. succeeded in the test drilling of shale oil at the field, extracting such oil for the first time in Japan.

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