Oil Shale is one of the many resources found in 7 Days to Die, and you can use it to produce pure Oil and a Gas Can at a Chemistry Station. It can also increase the Science skill if an Oil Shale Boulder is cooked on a campfire.

If you combine Oil Shale with Crushed Sand and Small Stone, you can also make Asphalt, which has 10 percent more explosive resistance than Cobblestone. Oil Shale can be elusive unless you know where to look, so here are a few methods for farming the material in 7 Days to Die.