shale oil

noun

: a crude dark oil obtained from oil shale by heating

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That move was in response to the then-nascent boom in US shale oil production coming mainly from the Permian Basin, the Bakken Shale, and the Eagle Ford Shale. —

David Blackmon, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024 That bureaucracy was whittled down ahead of the Bakken shale oil boom, which flooded money into the area where poverty even now is double the national rate. —

Melvin Backman, Quartz, 12 July 2024 Saudi Arabia decided to wage a price war against emerging U.S. shale oil producers, and oil prices plummeted as a result. —

Francisco Rodríguez, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2020 Related article Why oil companies are raking in record profits under Joe Biden Powered by the shale oil boom, the United States produced 13.2 million barrels of crude oil per day in March, according to federal statistics. —

Matt Egan, CNN, 14 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for shale oil