oil shale
Noun
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Noun
oil shale (uncountable)
- a sedimentary rock containing kerogen from which petroleum-like shale oil can be produced by pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution.
- kerogen shale
- German: Ölschiefer
- Italian: scisto bituminoso
- Russian: горю́чий сла́нец
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