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Examples of oil shale in a Sentence
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Germany’s Messel Pit Fossil Site contains black oil shale that has preserved even the soft tissues of tens of thousands of 47-million-year-old fossils.
—Sophie Bushwick, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2012
Incentive program was expected to provide millions of dollars in tax breaks for energy projects ranging from solar to nuclear to oil shale.
—Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 July 2022
The Estonian state-owned seeks to develop Utah oil shale.
—Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 July 2022
Moreover, there can be no increase in production of unconventional oil, including oil shale and tar sands.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 20 Jan. 2015
Sampling what appeared to be the fossil's preen glands as well as its feathers, the researchers also took samples from the oil shale sediment in which it had been found for comparison.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2017
The suit specifically targets the Utah Energy Act, a policy enacted last year promoting the development of oil shale, tar sands, oil, gas and coal, as well as emission-free renewable energy sources.
—Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Nov. 2022
Lofty projections by the federal government and others for robust U.S. oil production growth in 2022 are proving overly optimistic, and doubts are emerging about how many barrels of oil shale drillers can add next year.
—Benoît Morenne, WSJ, 6 Nov. 2022
Those unconventional resources include tar sands and oil shale.
—Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 July 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1866, in the meaning defined above
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“Oil shale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20shale. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
oil shale
noun
: a rock (as shale) from which oil can be recovered
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