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crude oil

noun

  1. petroleum as it comes from the ground, before refining.


crude oil

noun

  1. petroleum before it has been refined
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crude oil

/ kro̅o̅d /

  1. Unrefined petroleum.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of crude oil1

First recorded in 1860–65
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Example Sentences

Total oil production figures include crude oil, natural gas liquids, and other liquid energy products.

Revenue is generated from the sale of crude oil, according to Luay al-Khatteeb, an energy expert at the Brookings Doha Center.

Not only did it look like and have the texture of crude oil, it tasted like it had been recently drilled.

For example, the 1975 Energy Policy and Conservation Act bars most exports of U.S. crude oil.

Another crisis in the Middle East, another jump in crude oil prices.

Besides these, two parts linseed oil to one part kerosene is a good polish; also one-half turpentine to one-half crude oil.

Take a master petroleum chemist, infinitely skilled in the separation of crude oil into its fractions.

The crude oil is almost black, and consists of about 85 per cent.

The torch must use either gasoline or kerosene, and not crude oil, as the crude oil deposits too much carbon on the parts.

Various names (as above) are given to the crude oil thus obtained, according to its source.

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