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

Girl in Tranquilla convent that nun told me liked to smell rock oil.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

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

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

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