Oil shale

Shale oil composition

Range on ¹H NMR spectra

Ash-Shoubak

Saturated (alkanes) and unsaturated hydrocarbons (alkenes and alkynes)―High

0.25 - 2.16 ppm for saturated hydrocarbons and at 4.80 - 5.85 ppm for unsaturated hydrocarbons

Aromatic compounds―Trace

at 7.0 - 7.8 ppm

Juf Ed-Darawish

Saturated hydrocarbons and unsaturated hydrocarbons―High

At 0.45 - 2.24 ppm for saturated hydrocarbons and at 4.0 - 5.84 ppm for unsaturated hydrocarbons

Aromatic compounds―Trace

At 7.0 - 7.5 ppm

Sultani

Saturated compounds (alkanes)

At 0.020 - 3.20 ppm

Aromatic compounds―Trace

At 6.45 - 7.25 ppm

El-Lajjun

Saturated hydrocarbons only

At 0.21 - 3.65 ppm

Aromatic compounds―Trace

At 6.57 - 7.50 ppm