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Meanings of bituminous shale in English

Russian
горючий сланец
Portuguese
xisto betuminoso
Spanish
lutita bituminosa
Catalan
pissarra bituminosa
Wikidata

Organic-rich fine-grained sedimentary rock containing kerogen.

горючий сланец
Synonyms
Examples for "oil shale"
Examples for "oil shale"
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The Williston Basin includes oil shale and other oil and gas assets.
Reuters
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Tight oil should not be confused with oil shale, which contains kerogen.
Reuters
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They also support development of oil shale fields in the West.
Reuters
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Its oil shale assets include prospective acreage in Saskatchewan and Wyoming.
Reuters
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Commercial oil shale production is still several years away as it is not technologically viable.
Reuters
Usage of bituminous shale in English
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A SOURCE below, usually a bituminous shale, from whose organic matter they have been derived by slow change.
The Elements of Geology
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These differences in constitution have originated in the differences in the bituminous shales from which the petroleum, ozokerite, etc., have been derived.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883