Sentence examples for layers of oil from inspiring English sources

Layers of oil are being found buried beneath the surface, both onshore and deep at sea.

For the underwater oil, sonobuoys could detect layers of oil, and undersea gliders could follow them autonomously.

The technique of painting in thin layers of oil paints also allows a tremendous amount of bounce back light to strike the underlying surface of the white canvas.

They almost look like enamel on metal because the surface of the thickly applied layers of oil paint have a slick, polished looking texture.

He prepared the fossil meticulously and with some skill (if he had not the layers of oil shale in which it was found would have disintegrated).

To create the sensation of growth, several luminous layers of oil paint, some translucent, were painstakingly built up on a neutral ground.

The techniques used to extract it include hydraulic fracturing, in which high-pressure fluids are used to break up shale rock to release the oil, and horizontal drilling, which allows drillers to tap thin layers of oil-filled shale that are sandwiched between layers of other rock.

Wild boar roam free up here, rattlesnakes are routine, and the soil, what there is of it, soaks in high-perching water in the winter, dries out in the summer and rests on layers of oil-impregnated asphalt rock and chalky mudstone.

Improved steam-to-oil ratio performance is achieved when the well pairs cut across the shale layers where steam can access multiple layers of oil-laden sand between the shale layers.

Today's so-called smart wells are like tree roots, sending out multiple branches from a single wellhead and insinuating themselves horizontally into layers of oil-bearing rock.

Finally, Bobbie recommends using a transparent, white powder to help absorb oil, though she cautions against re-applying layers of oil-clogging powder.