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
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
Girl in Tranquilla convent that nun told me liked to smell rock oil.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
The oil mentioned in the next line, is that called the rock oil, petroleum, a black fetid mineral oil, good for bruises and sprains.
From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de
There are likewise springs of rock oil or bitumen.
