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Meaning of shale oil

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

shale oil

noun

Definitions

  1. A synthetic crude oil obtained by the pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution of oil shale.

  2. A crude oil obtained from low permeability petroleum-bearing formations (shales), known as tight oil.

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oil shaleshalershale gasshaletight oilbituminous shaleblack shalestone oil