rock oil

Example Sentences

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But by fracking the rock, oil flowed from the shale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2014

I was hidden in cheap pink paper that smelt of rock oil.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

From such processes the so-called hydrocarbons, rock oil and natural gas, have accumulated.

From Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place by Rogers, Julia Ellen

Then came the great discovery of rock oil, which rapidly superseded the whale oil of commerce in general use.

From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Ballou, Maturin Murray

The gold mines of California and of Australia are too well known to require mention; but we must not forget the rock oil, concealed for ages in the North American continent.

From The Mines and its Wonders by Kingston, William Henry Giles