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rock oil
noun
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Pore sizes are typically on the order of nanometers for many shale and tight rock oil reservoirs.
The negative source rock – oil correlation rejects the source of Gurpi and Sarchahan Formations for these petroleum systems.
With the discovery of "rock oil" in northwestern Pennsylvania, crude oil became available in sufficient quantity to inspire the development of larger-scale processing systems.
When it was discovered in the 19th century that rock oil would yield a distilled product (kerosene) suitable for lanterns, new sources of this mineral were eagerly sought.
Accumulations from these seeps, called rock oil, were used commercially in the 19th century to make lamp oil by simple distillation.
The use of existing single holes, made during rock oil and earth gas exploration, is the most effective from an economical point of view.
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Limestone rock, crude oil and NaCl solution were used in the study.
In most cases the foam effectiveness was reduced in oleophilic rock over hydrophilic rock (oil-free).
The main objectives of this study are to investigate the influence of droplet volume, brine salinity, liquid saturated rocks, oil acid number, and temperature on rock wettability of carbonate reservoir rock using sessile droplet method.
The carbon and hydrogen isotopic compositions of individual n-alkanes from the Paleozoic source rocks, oil and oil sand in the Huanghua depression, China, were determined for oil/source correlation purposes.
The area of Huntington Beach around Huntington Pier, a fairly bleak spot between swampland filled with rocking oil derricks and the ocean, can look a little forbidding on a gray winter day.
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