shale oil
1shale oil — shale′ oil n. gel ene pet petroleum distilled from oil shale • Etymology: 1855–60 …
2shale oil — n. a dark mineral oil produced by the destructive distillation of bituminous shale …
3Shale oil — This article is about synthetic oil produced by pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution from oil shale. For crude oil stored in shale reservoirs, see Tight oil. Shale oil, known also as kerogen oil or oil shale oil, is an unconventional… …
4shale oil — petroleum distilled from oil shale. [1855 60] * * * Synthetic crude oil that is extracted from oil shale by pyrolysis, or destructive distillation. The oil obtained from oil shale cannot be refined by the methods that have been developed for… …
5shale oil — noun oil extracted from oil shale by heating • Hypernyms: ↑oil * * * noun : an oil obtained from oil shale by heating usually in retorts : the crude dark green to brown oil from the first distillation that on refining yields liquid fuels and… …
6shale oil — skalūnų alyva statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Degiųjų skalūnų distiliavimo produktas. atitikmenys: angl. shale oil rus. сланцевое масло …
7Shale oil extraction — Shell s experimental in situ shale oil facility, Piceance Basin, Colorado, United States Process type Chemical Industrial sector(s) Chemical industry, oil indus …
8shale oil — noun Date: 1857 a crude dark oil obtained from oil shale by heating …
9shale oil — noun a crude oil, containing hydrocarbons, obtained by the distillation of oil shale …
10shale oil — crude oil from oil shale derived by heating …
