oil shale
noun
: a rock (such as shale) from which oil can be recovered by distillation
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Those unconventional resources include tar sands and oil shale. 
Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 July 2022 Without the water, though, the oil shale project would be dead. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 July 2022 While the Eagle Ford oil shale bonanza drew most of the attention in Karnes County over the past decade, farms and ranches still occupy 85 percent of the land. Bruce Selcraig, San Antonio Express-News, 17 July 2022 The Permian is currently the most productive, and cost-effective, oil shale reserve in the U.S. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 29 June 2022 Vast resources remain in place in Utah, including a billion barrels of oil in the Uinta Basin and the world’s largest deposits of oil shale and lesser amounts of tar sands. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Mar. 2022 Ida-Virumaa’s rich oil shale deposits make the country nearly the highest per capita carbon emitter in Europe. Isabelle De Pommereau, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Mar. 2022 According to Utah business filings, that company’s registered agent is James Kohler, who had previously served as the BLM’s Utah solid minerals branch chief who oversaw federal tar sands and oil shale deposits in Utah. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Dec. 2020 The uranium rush was out of sight in the future as was the demand for oil shale and oil sands. Ted Trueblood, Field & Stream, 29 Nov. 2020 See More
Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 July 2022 Without the water, though, the oil shale project would be dead. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 July 2022 While the Eagle Ford oil shale bonanza drew most of the attention in Karnes County over the past decade, farms and ranches still occupy 85 percent of the land. Bruce Selcraig, San Antonio Express-News, 17 July 2022 The Permian is currently the most productive, and cost-effective, oil shale reserve in the U.S. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 29 June 2022 Vast resources remain in place in Utah, including a billion barrels of oil in the Uinta Basin and the world’s largest deposits of oil shale and lesser amounts of tar sands. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Mar. 2022 Ida-Virumaa’s rich oil shale deposits make the country nearly the highest per capita carbon emitter in Europe. Isabelle De Pommereau, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Mar. 2022 According to Utah business filings, that company’s registered agent is James Kohler, who had previously served as the BLM’s Utah solid minerals branch chief who oversaw federal tar sands and oil shale deposits in Utah. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Dec. 2020 The uranium rush was out of sight in the future as was the demand for oil shale and oil sands. Ted Trueblood, Field & Stream, 29 Nov. 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
1866, in the meaning defined above