The journal covers geology, mining, formation, composition, methods of processing, combustion, economics, and environmental protection related to oil shale.

The editor-in-chief is Andres Siirde and executive editor is Meelika Nõmme.

[1][2] However, there was the permission from Soviet authorities to use the English-written subtitle Oil Shale and to add English summaries to Russian papers.

The financing by the Academy of Sciences of the USSR ended in the beginning of 1990s after Estonia regained independence.

[3] The publishing was mainly sponsored by oil shale companies and private persons.