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单词 oil shale
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Definition of oil shale in English:

oil shale

noun
mass noun
  • Fine-grained sedimentary rock from which oil can be extracted.

    油页岩

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was also postulated that the slow settling of organic material from the surface produced the bituminous carbonate layers known as oil shale.
    • Can we replace rapidly depleting oil reserves with oil shale?
    • From oil shale to ethanol to solar energy, the government doled out hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidies and tax credits only to see market realities play out in a destructive way.
    • I happen to be a supporter of exploiting the oil that's in Alaska and oil shale that we can exploit in Canada and in the States.
    • Gibling interpreted the assemblage of mudstone, coal and oil shale in the Cenozoic basins of Thailand as the product of deposition in environments where lake levels fluctuated.
    • The biggest problem with mining oil shale comes as a result of heating oil shale rock.
    • Carbonaceous shale, including oil shale, occurs in beds of clayey to silty mudrock from 0.3 to 3 m thick.
    • The term ‘fossil fuels’ is commonly used for the materials tar sands, oil, gas condensates, natural gas, coal, and oil shale and their products.
    • Shell Oil is working on a process that would heat the oil shale in place, which could have less effect on the environment.
    • If prices go high enough, alternative forms of energy exploration and things like oil shale can become viable.
    • He worked as a consultant for Chevron Corporation from 1981 to 2000 in the area of oil shale.
    • If Peak Oil comes early we can keep vehicles moving using liquid fuels made from coal and oil shale.
    • In addition, there are large deposits of oil shale in the United States and several other countries.
    • Retorting is the main procedure used for recovering oil from oil shale, a plentiful but difficult-to-process and environmentally-hazardous substance.
    • Beneath the main White Stone Band there is an interval of mudstone and bituminous mudstone with a further thicker (10 cm, lower oil shale) oil shale.

Definition of oil shale in US English:

oil shale

nounˈoil ˌSHāl
  • Fine-grained sedimentary rock from which oil can be extracted.

    油页岩

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Shell Oil is working on a process that would heat the oil shale in place, which could have less effect on the environment.
    • The biggest problem with mining oil shale comes as a result of heating oil shale rock.
    • From oil shale to ethanol to solar energy, the government doled out hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidies and tax credits only to see market realities play out in a destructive way.
    • Gibling interpreted the assemblage of mudstone, coal and oil shale in the Cenozoic basins of Thailand as the product of deposition in environments where lake levels fluctuated.
    • Carbonaceous shale, including oil shale, occurs in beds of clayey to silty mudrock from 0.3 to 3 m thick.
    • Beneath the main White Stone Band there is an interval of mudstone and bituminous mudstone with a further thicker (10 cm, lower oil shale) oil shale.
    • If Peak Oil comes early we can keep vehicles moving using liquid fuels made from coal and oil shale.
    • Retorting is the main procedure used for recovering oil from oil shale, a plentiful but difficult-to-process and environmentally-hazardous substance.
    • I happen to be a supporter of exploiting the oil that's in Alaska and oil shale that we can exploit in Canada and in the States.
    • If prices go high enough, alternative forms of energy exploration and things like oil shale can become viable.
    • In addition, there are large deposits of oil shale in the United States and several other countries.
    • He worked as a consultant for Chevron Corporation from 1981 to 2000 in the area of oil shale.
    • It was also postulated that the slow settling of organic material from the surface produced the bituminous carbonate layers known as oil shale.
    • The term ‘fossil fuels’ is commonly used for the materials tar sands, oil, gas condensates, natural gas, coal, and oil shale and their products.
    • Can we replace rapidly depleting oil reserves with oil shale?
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