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UNCONVENTIONAL OIL [1 record]

Record 1 2019-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crude Oil and Petroleum Products
  • Oil and Natural Gas Extraction
CONT

Unconventional oil refers to oil reserves that cannot be feasibly accessed using conventional drilling techniques.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétroles bruts et dérivés
  • Extraction du pétrole et du gaz naturel
DEF

Pétrole qui est piégé dans des roches peu perméables ou qui possède des propriétés physicochimiques particulières, et dont l'extraction nécessite le recours à des techniques différentes de celles qui sont utilisées couramment.

OBS

pétrole non classique : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 19 septembre 2018.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petróleo bruto y derivados
  • Extracción de petróleo y gas natural
CONT

[...] el petróleo [...], por su estado, [se divide en] petróleos no convencionales, –petróleos pesados y ultrapesados, y arenas, esquisto y pizarras petrolíferas– de los convencionales, el petróleo líquido que comúnmente conocemos.

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