Sentence examples for barrel of tar from inspiring English sources

But Isaac enjoyed a series of lucky escapes, the first due to a friendly officer who managed to overturn the barrel of tar standing ready to deprive Leigh Hunt's future father of any more children.

It takes four to six gallons of water to produce one barrel of tar sands oil, which is four times more water than it takes to produce oil from conventional reserves, according to a 2009 study by Argonne National Laboratory.

Extracting and processing just one barrel of tar sands oil requires the energy equivalent of three barrels of natural gas and two to four barrels of water, and results in a carbon footprint up to five times greater than conventional crude.

Approximate amount of water used to produce a barrel of tar sand oil (in gallons): between 105 and 168 (source).

Producing one barrel of tar sands oil generates three times the greenhouse gas emissions as a barrel of conventional oil.

And it takes 8,800 pounds of earth and tar sands, plus an average of 155 gallons of fresh water, to produce one barrel of tar sands oil, which will fill half a tank of a Chevy Suburban.

The result is that, for every barrel of tar-sands oil that's extracted, significantly more carbon dioxide enters the air than for every barrel of ordinary crude — between twelve and twenty-three per cent more.

It takes up to four barrels of water to generate one barrel of tar-sands crude, and 20% of Canada's natural gas (a clean fuel) is used to produce oil (a dirty one).

A group of Canadian businessmen is pursuing the construction of a 2,400-kilometre 2,400-kilometrecould ship 5m barails of tar sands oilineom Alberthato Alaska.

"Thousands of barrels of tar sands oil have been pumped from the surface in recent weeks with no end in sight.

With refreshingly scant regard for their own safety, young and old villagers alike heave flaming barrels of tar on to their backs and haul them through the streets.