DAMASCUS, (SANA)- Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has announced a tender for investing oil shale in Khanaser area, 103 km in southeastern Aleppo, over an area of 150 km2 divided into 14 blocks with geological reserves of 2,3 to 3 billion tons in each block.
The total crude reserves at the site are estimated at 39 billion tons, and the oil content rate is valued between 5 and 11 percent, located at depths close to the surface. The maximum rock cover thickness is 59 m and the minimum thickness is 23 m.
The General Establishment for Geology and Mineral Resources has carried out the primary exploration studies which included digging wells as well as chemical and metallic lab studies to test the thermal energy content and the oil content in the crude shale.
© SANA (Syria Arab News Agency) 2011
