 VKG Petroter | |
| Process type | Chemical |
|---|---|
| Industrial sector(s) | Chemical industry oil industry |
| Feedstock | oil shale |
| Product(s) | shale oil |
| Leading companies | Eesti Energia VKG Oil |
| Main facilities | Narva Oil Plant Petroter |
| Inventor | Krzhizhanovsky Power Engineering Institute |
| Developer(s) | Eesti Energia Outotec |
The Galoter process (also known as TSK, UTT, or SHC; its newest modifications are called Enefit and Petroter) is a shale oil extraction technology for the production of shale oil, a type of synthetic crude oil. In this process, the oil shale is decomposed into shale oil, oil shale gas, and spent residue. Decomposition is caused by mixing raw oil shale with hot oil shale ash generated by the combustion of carbonaceous residue (semi-coke) in the spent residue. The process was developed in the 1950s, and it is used commercially for shale oil production in Estonia. There are projects for further development of this technology and expansion of its usage, e.g., in Jordan and the USA.