Galoter process

Galoter process
Enefit process
VKG Petroter
Process typeChemical
Industrial sector(s)Chemical industry
oil industry
Feedstockoil shale
Product(s)shale oil
Leading companiesEesti Energia
VKG Oil
Main facilitiesNarva Oil Plant
Petroter
InventorKrzhizhanovsky 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.