viscous
Example Sentences
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American fuel makers are snapping up the rising supplies of Venezuela’s heavy, viscous oil that their refineries were designed to process.
A resurgence of Venezuela's industry could pose problems for Canada, which produces similarly viscous oil and exports much of it to the US, but analysts reckon the risk is minor.
From BBC
Indigenous people and Spanish settlers utilized the viscous goo for medicinal purposes and waterproofing boats.
From Los Angeles Times
Under that scenario, the corresponding price tag on the heavy, viscous crude pumped in Venezuela would be in the high-$30s range.
Wells pumped viscous, tar-like oil from fields in the Orinoco Belt, a 54,000-square-mile region that holds most of the country’s gargantuan crude reserves.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
