crude oil
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crude oil
noun crude oils
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Unrefined oil; as it is found underground, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons.
Further west, in Pembrokeshire, the Esso Petroleum Co. refinery at Milford Haven, opened last November, is designed to berth the world's largest tankers and to process, initially, 4,500,000 tons of crude oil a year.
Similar: crude, fossil oil, petroleum, rock oil
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noun unrefined oil
| Español | crudo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 원유 wonyu |
| 日本語 | 原油 gen'yu |
| 中文 | 原油 yuányóu |
| Kiswahili | mafuta ghafi |
| Português | petróleo bruto, petróleo cru, crude |
| Français | pétrole brut |
| Deutsch | Rohöl, Erdöl |
| Italiano | greggio |
| Ελληνικά | αργό πετρέλαιο argó petrélaio |
| Română | țiței neprelucrat |
| Русский | сырая нефть syraja neftʹ, неочищенная нефть neočiščennaja neftʹ |
| العربية | نَفْطٌ خَامٌ nafṭun ḵāmun |
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