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shale oil

shale oil noun: a synthetic crude oil obtained by the pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution of oil shale.

Noun

shale oil (countable and uncountable, plural shale oils)

  1. A synthetic crude oil obtained by the pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution of oil shale.
    • Up in the mountains along both sides of Parachute Creek the Exxon Corporation and other companies have begun to pour billions of dollars into two huge projects to turn the nation's immense reserves of oil shale into shale oil.1981 November 6, Robert D. Hershey Jr, “Shale Oil Is Coming Of Age”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  2. A crude oil obtained from low permeability petroleum-bearing formations (shales).
    Synonyms:
    tight oil

shale oil meaning in Tamil

shale oil in Tamil

நிலக்கீல் எண்ணெய்

Synonyms of shale oil

Forms of shale oil

pluralshale oils

Questions about shale oil

What does shale oil mean?
Shale oil means a synthetic crude oil obtained by the pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution of oil shale.
What is shale oil in Tamil?
Shale oil in Tamil is நிலக்கீல் எண்ணெய். See Shale oil meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is shale oil?
Shale oil is a noun.
What is the plural of shale oil?
The plural of shale oil is shale oils.

Words near shale oil in the dictionary

  1. shalders
  2. Shaldon
  3. shale
  4. shale gas
  5. shale gases
  6. shale oil
  7. shale oils
  8. shale pit
  9. shale pits
  10. shale shaker
  11. shale shakers

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