: a crude dark oil obtained from oil shale by heating
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Argentina’s huge shale region, Vaca Muerta, often compared to the Permian Basin in Texas, holds the world’s second largest reserves of shale gas and fourth largest of shale oil.—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025 Discussions about the implications of global oil demand peaking are gradually being replaced by questions about the consequences of the shale oil boom coming to an end.—Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2025 West Texas Intermediate was trading under $63 per barrel Tuesday, below the breakeven price that many shale oil producers in Texas need to drill new wells at a profit.—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025 Given the transactional approach favored by Trump, certain conditions may be demanded from Argentina – a country endowed with lithium, rare earths, shale oil and other resources.—Arturo Porzecanski, The Conversation, 24 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shale oil
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