Key words: oil shale, geology of oil shale, kerogenic shale.
Oil shale fields geology, the main characteristics of shale oil and its productive rocks are considered by materials of foreign publications. The classification of all types of shale deposits is given. The ways of shale oil products upgrading are shown.
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