Operation Desert (German fuel project)

Operation Desert (German: Unternehmen Wüste) was a German synthetic fuel project during World War II. It attempted to build a shale oil industrial production complex for utilization of Swabian Alb oil shale deposits (Posidonia Shale). After the war French occupation forces tried continue the shale oil production operations but due to unprofitability it was halted in 1948.

Operation Desert (German fuel project)

Operation Desert (German: Unternehmen Wüste) was a German synthetic fuel project during World War II. It attempted to build a shale oil industrial production complex for utilization of Swabian Alb oil shale deposits (Posidonia Shale). After the war French occupation forces tried continue the shale oil production operations but due to unprofitability it was halted in 1948.