: a crude dark oil obtained from oil shale by heating
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Developed by researchers at Pennsylvania State University, the new oil extraction workflow may improve shale oil recovery up to an additional 15%.—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2025 The shale oil boom, triggered by new technologies, had arrived.—Jacob Orledge, ProPublica, 4 Aug. 2025 Low prices are pressuring U.S. shale oil producers, who generally need crude prices at $65 per barrel to drill new wells profitably.—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 12 May 2025 As oil prices loiter near 5- year lows and costs rise in the oil patch, expectations for U.S. shale oil production are becoming more pessimistic.—Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for shale oil
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