oil shale
51oil — oilless, adj. oillessness, n. oillike, adj. /oyl/, n. 1. any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming …
52Oil and gas agreement — The oil and gas industry operates in countries throughout the world in accordance with a number of different types of agreements. These agreements generally fall into one of four categories (or a combination of the categories): risk agreements,… …
53shale oil — noun Date: 1857 a crude dark oil obtained from oil shale by heating …
54shale oil — noun a crude oil, containing hydrocarbons, obtained by the distillation of oil shale …
55shale oil — crude oil from oil shale derived by heating …
56Oil reserves — Proven Oil Reserves, as published by the CIA Factbook, 2009 The total estimated amount of oil in an oil reservoir, including both producible and non producible oil, is called oil in place. However, because of reservoir characteristics and… …
57oil — Synonyms and related words: Barbados tar, Haliver Oil, Macassar oil, absinthe, adipose tissue, adulation, aid, alcohol, animal oils, anoint, anthracene oil, aquarelle, asphalt base oil, avocado oil, balm, balsam, bay oil, beechnut oil, beef… …
58oil — n. & v. n. 1 any of various thick, viscous, usu. inflammable liquids insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents (see also essential oil, fixed oil, mineral oil, volatile oil). 2 US petroleum. 3 (in comb.) using oil as fuel (oil heater). 4 …
59shale oil — The liquid obtained from the destructive distillation of oil shale. Further processing is required to convert it into products similar to petroleum oils …
60Shale Gouge Ratio — (typically abbreviated to SGR) is a mathematical algorithm that aims to predict the fault rock types for simple fault zones developed in sedimentary sequences dominated by sandstones and shales.The parameter is widely used in the oil and gas… …
