Urmas Nemvalts draws: IEA warns of the worsening energy crisis and Estonia has a strategic mineral: oil shale. Politicians decided in 2021 in a cabinet silence to completely abandon oil shale by 2040. An important part of Estonia’s oil shale resources is the knowledge of Estonian oil shale scientists.

The closing of Hormuz strait as a result of the Iran war shows once again how much the world depends on Middle East mineral resources. It is more certain that countries with mineral resources of their own will feel the impact. Among these countries Estonia could be, which has oil shale to produce fuel during the crisis.

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