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
Petroleum, or rock oil, is a dark greenish brown liquid which when refined yields gasolene, naphtha, benzine, kerosene, lubricating oils, and paraffin.
From Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation by Gregory, Mary Huston
His words are:— “Petroleum, rock oil, or what the Welsh call it, Ymenin tylwyth têg, or Fairies’ butter, has been found in the lime stone strata in our mineral country.
From Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales by Owen, Elias
So far, Bissell's enterprise seemed to promise success, yet the great problem still remained: how could he obtain this rock oil in amounts large enough to make his enterprise a practical one?
From The Age of Big Business; a chronicle of the captains of industry by Hendrick, Burton Jesse
His report was so favorable that a company was formed, which leased all the land along Oil Creek upon which were traces of the new rock oil.
From Inventors by Hubert, Philip Gengembre
