heavy oil

noun

1. a hydrocarbon mixture, heavier than water, distilled from coal tar

Example Sentences

Despite claims of being a climate leader and steward of endangered southern resident orcas, the Canadian government quickly purchased the incomplete heavy oil pipeline for $3.3 billion, insisting it was in the national interest.

From Seattle Times

The remaining heavy oil tends to sink, making cleanup unlikely in the Salish Sea’s deep straits.

From Seattle Times

In Japan, exports fell in August for a second straight month, weighed by declines in China's demand for steel and heavy oil and stoking fears of a downturn in the face of elevated global interest rates.

From Reuters

The crude is a better fit for Cuba's aging refineries than Venezuela's heavy oil.

From Reuters

The World Food Programme told the BBC on Thursday that the situation was a "public health crisis in the making" due to pollution including sewage, heavy oil and pesticides mixed into floodwater.

From BBC