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shale oils

shale oils is the plural of shale oil.

Meaning of shale oil

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

Questions about shale oils

What is shale oils the plural of?
Shale oils is the plural of shale oil.

Words near shale oils in the dictionary

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

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