shale formation

collocation in English

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shale
noun[U]
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/ʃeɪl/us
/ʃeɪl/
a type of soft, grey rock, usually formed from clay that has become hard, that breaks easily into ...
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formation
noun
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/fɔːˈmeɪ.ʃən/us
/fɔːrˈmeɪ.ʃən/
the way something is naturally made or the way it has ...
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The oilshaleformationis about long and 4to 10 wide.
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Oilshaleformationtakes place in a number of depositional settings and has considerable compositional variation.
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Pressurized air super heated by an above-ground combustor is directed into the oilshaleformationthrough the inlet conduit.
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In this process, holes are drilled into the oilshaleformationand a processing inlet conduit is placed within holes.
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In the oilshaleformation, the gas would cause pyrolysis, releasing shale oil vapors.
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It is named after a nearbyshaleformationformed by a creek.
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Theshaleformationis approximately 20.23 feet in diameter at its base, and between 25 to 30 feet at the top.
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The oil shale formation's thickness varies from 80to 250.
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This plant grows in pinyon-juniper woodland and desert scrub on rock outcrops in white shale formations.
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This is particularly useful in shale formations which do not have sufficient permeability to produce economically with a vertical well.
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Pirie also found shale formations distributed across the island, usually fractured and twisted.
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The oil shale formation's maximum thickness is.
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The kerogen content of oil shale formations differs widely, and the economic feasibility of its extraction is highly dependent on international and local costs of oil.
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