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New discoveries and production of resources like shale oil and gas are dramatically altering our energy supply outlook and the entire global geopolitical landscape. And the pace of change - particularly in the past few years - continues to accelerate.
Fred Upton

Meaning of "shale oil" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHALE OIL

shale oil play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHALE OIL

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Shale oil is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SHALE OIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

shale oil

Shale oil

Shale oil, known also as kerogen oil or oil-shale oil, is an unconventional oil produced from oil shale rock fragments by pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution. These processes convert the organic matter within the rock into synthetic oil and gas. The resulting oil can be used immediately as a fuel or upgraded to meet refinery feedstock specifications by adding hydrogen and removing impurities such as sulfur and nitrogen. The refined products can be used for the same purposes as those derived from crude oil. The term "shale oil" is interchangeable, as it is used as well for crude oil produced from shales of other very low permeability formations. However, for avoiding the risk of confusion of shale oil produced from oil shale with crude oil in oil-bearing shales, the International Energy Agency recommends to use the term "light tight oil" and World Energy Resources 2013 report by the World Energy Council uses the term "tight oil" for the latter.

Definition of shale oil in the English dictionary

The definition of shale oil in the dictionary is an oil distilled from shales and used as fuel.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHALE OIL

shale
shale gas
shalelike
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shall
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shallon
shalloon
shallop
shallot
shallow
shallow-minded
shallowly
shallowness
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shalm
shalom
shalom aleichem
shalot
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WORDS THAT END LIKE SHALE OIL

benne oil
bone oil
clove oil
coconut oil
crude oil
essential oil
evening primrose oil
fuel oil
heavy crude oil
hydrogenated vegetable oil
motor oil
olive oil
rape oil
sesame oil
snake oil
strike oil
vegetable oil
virgin olive oil
volatile oil
whale oil

Synonyms and antonyms of shale oil in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «shale oil» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHALE OIL

Find out the translation of shale oil to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shale oil from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shale oil» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

页岩油
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

petróleo de esquisto
570 millions of speakers

English

shale oil
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शेल तेल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصخر الزيتي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сланцевого масла
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

óleo de xisto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শেল তেল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

l´huile de schiste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Minyak syal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schieferöl
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

シェール油
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

셰일 오일
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lenga shale
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dầu diệp thạch
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஷேல் எண்ணெய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पातळ थरांचा तेल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şist yağı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

olio di scisto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

olej łupkowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сланцевого масла
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

uleiuri din șisturi bituminoase
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σχιστολιθικού πετρελαίου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skalie -olie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skifferolja
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skiferolje
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shale oil

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHALE OIL»

The term «shale oil» is regularly used and occupies the 91.817 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHALE OIL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shale oil

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QUOTES WITH «SHALE OIL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word shale oil.
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Fred Upton
New discoveries and production of resources like shale oil and gas are dramatically altering our energy supply outlook and the entire global geopolitical landscape. And the pace of change - particularly in the past few years - continues to accelerate.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHALE OIL»

Discover the use of shale oil in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shale oil and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Oil Shale Technology
This book focuses on the fundamental and engineering aspects of shale oil extraction, as well as the mathematical clarification of the complex transport mechanisms involved in oil shale pyrolysis.
Sunggyu Lee, 1990
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Shale Oil Production Processes
Not only does the book discuss the production processes but also provides methods which should reduce environmental footprint by properly addressing: surface mining and extraction processes, in situ conversion process and hydrotreatment.
James G. Speight, 2012
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Oil Shale: History, Incentives, and Policy
; Geology and Production Technology of Oil Shale; History of Oil Shale Development; Incentives and Disincentives to Development; Policy Perspectives; Legislative History to 2006. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand report.
Anthony Andrews, 2011
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Oil Shale
Oil Shale
G.V. Chilingarian, T.F. Yen, 2011
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Oil Shale
Investigations on processing of shale oil from Julia Creek oil shale [2] and shale oils from Paraho processes [3, 4] are examples of exhaustive studies following the mid-1970s Arab oil embargo. Next are some examples from the last decade:  ...
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Shale oil upgrading and refining
Good,No Highlights,No Markup,all pages are intact, Slight Shelfwear,may have the corners slightly dented, may have slight color changes/slightly damaged spine.
Stephen A. Newman, 1983
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Oil Shale
With the discovery of Daqing oil field in China in 1962, due to increasing production of cheap crude oil, shale oil production decreased - by nineteen eighties to 300,000 tons yearly [3]. At the beginning of nineties, shale oil production in ...
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Oil Shale
The resources of shale oil are given in U.S. (42-gallon) barrels and metric tons. The resource numbers in ... To determine tons of resources from volumetric data, it is necessary to know the specific gravity of the shale oil. In some cases, this ...
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Oil Shale
Last year, Fushun shale oil plant under Fushun Bureau of Mines produced 180,000 tons shale oil; now the plant is building 20 Fushun-type retorts, so that it will operate totally 140 Fushun retorts in this year; daily processing capacity of each ...
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Oil Shale
Production of Shale Oil In Fushun, the retorting of oil shale for producing shale oil has the history of more than seventy years. From 1930 to 1982, 426 million tonnes oil shale has been processed, and 14 million tonnes shale oil and 2.45 ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHALE OIL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shale oil is used in the context of the following news items.
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U.S. Shale Oil Boom Grinds to a Halt as OPEC Keeps Pumping
The shale oil boom that turned the U.S. into the world's largest fuel exporter and brought $3 gasoline back to America's pumps is grinding to a halt. Crude output ... «Bloomberg, Jun 15»
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EIA Predicts Shale Oil Output Cuts to Grow Next Month
The U.S. lost about 1 percent of the oil production flowing from its shale formations this month, and the decline is just starting. Output from the prolific tight-rock ... «Bloomberg, May 15»
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Four Reasons Low Oil Prices Actually Help US Shale Producers
As an example, while the number of rigs remained stable between 2011 and 2014, production of shale oil and gas tripled, rising from around 4 million barrels of ... «Wall Street Journal, May 15»
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Train explodes carrying shale oil in North Dakota
North Dakota has become one of the nation's lead producers of oil from shale. The petroleum is produced using a highly debated process known as hydraulic ... «Washington Examiner, May 15»
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Shale Oil Boom Seen Ending in May After Price Collapse
The shale oil boom that pushed U.S. crude production to the highest level in four decades is grinding to a halt. Output from the prolific tight-rock formations such ... «Bloomberg, Apr 15»
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Shell's BG purchase could be catalyst needed for US shale deals
There are literally dozens of shale oil and gas companies in the United States. Many have responded to the oil price slide by announcing spending cuts of 25-70 ... «Reuters, Apr 15»
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Opec says US shale oil producers could reduce production in 2015 …
US shale oil producers could reduce output late this year if low oil prices continue, according to a new report from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting ... «International Business Times UK, Mar 15»
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Crude falls as IEA says US shale oil output fall to be limited
Oil prices fell on predictions that a swift pullback in US shale oil production brought on by the dramatic fall in the oil price will be “limited in scope” by the world's ... «Financial Times, Feb 15»
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Oil's Heading For $40, For Shale Oil Is A Free Market And Opec's A …
That the shale oil producers (and we can lump in the condensates from gas production, tar sands and so on as well, all of the unconventional production) are ... «Forbes, Dec 14»
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US shale industry faces endurance test
Less diplomatically, Scott Sheffield, chief executive of Pioneer Natural Resources, one of the leading shale oil producers, said Opec had “declared war” on the ... «Financial Times, Dec 14»

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