Oil shale in Estonia
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There are two kinds of oil shale in Estonia, both of which are sedimentary rocks laid down during the Ordovician geologic period. Graptolitic argillite is the larger oil shale resource, but, because i
Outcrop of Ordovician kukersite oil shale, northern Estonia
A specimen of graptolite argillite containing pyrite (FeS2) from the Türisalu cliff, an outcrop of the Türisalu Formation
Fossils in northern Estonian kukersite
Historical monument at the location where the first tonnes of oil shale were mined in Pavandu, Kohtla-Järve
Sillamäe
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Sillamäe is a town in Ida-Viru County in the northeastern part of Estonia, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland. It has a population of 11,824 and covers an area of 12.15 km2. Sillamäe is loca
Oil shale in Estonia
…Eestimaa Õlikonsortsium (Swedish: Estländska Oljeskifferkonsortiet, English: Estonian Oil Consortium), controlled by Marcus Wallenberg, was founded in Sillamäe in 1926. New Consolidated Gold Fields Ltd. of the United Kingdom built a shale oil extraction plant at Kohtla-Nõmme in 1931. This facility continued…
Sillamäe
Town hall of Sillamäe
Sillamäe thermal power station
Sillamäe beach