oil shale

English

Noun

oil shale (usually uncountable, plural oil shales)

a sedimentary rock containing kerogen from which petroleum-like shale oil can be produced by pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution.

Synonyms

kerogen shale

Related terms

shale oil

Translations

shale from which hydrocarbons can be produced

Danish: olieskifer
Dutch: olieschalie (nl)
Estonian: põlevkivi
Finnish: öljyliuske (fi)
German: Ölschiefer
Icelandic: olíuleirsteinn m

Italian: scisto bituminoso m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: oljeskifer m

Nynorsk: oljeskifer m
Swedish: oljeskiffer

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shale oil

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