oil shale

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oil shale

noun oil shales

uncountable, usually A sedimentary rock containing kerogen from which petroleum-like shale oil can be produced by pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution. 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.
Similar: kerogen shale

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noun shale from which hydrocarbons can be produced

中文	油頁岩 /油页岩 yóuyèyán
Português	xisto betuminoso
Deutsch	Ölschiefer
Italiano	scisto bituminoso
Русский	горю́чий сла́нец gorjúčij slánec

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@misc{oil_shale_2026,
  title = {oil shale},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oil%20shale},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}