tar sands

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von tar sands im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

katran kumu

Relevante Übersetzungen

tar sand

katranlı kum

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von tar sands im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

plural form of tar sand

Naturally occurring bitumen-impregnated sands that yield mixtures of liquid hydrocarbon and that require further processing other than mechanical blending before becoming finished petroleum products

Rocks (other than coal or oil shale) that contain highly viscous hydrocarbons that are unrecoverable by primary production methods

Sand deposits containing petroleum or tar

Mixture of sand, water, and heavy hydrocarbons

Relevante Übersetzungen

tar sand

oil sand

tar sand

A sandstone in which the spaces between grains are filled with a highly viscous tar

tar sand

Sedimentary deposit that consists of a mixture of clay, sand, water, and a tar-like heavy oil known as bitumen Bitumen is often extracted from tar sand by heating It is then refined to produce synthetic crude oil

tar sand

A commonly used name to describe a sedimentary rock reservoir impregnated with a very heavy, viscous crude oil which cannot be produced by conventional production techniques Tar-sand infers a sandy sedimentary rock as the host, but this is not always the case as other porous rocks such as siltstone and fractured carbonates have also been classified as tar-sand

tar sand

or bituminous sand Deposit of loose sand or partially consolidated sandstone that is saturated with highly viscous bitumen. Oil recovered from tar sands, commonly referred to as synthetic crude, is a potentially significant form of fossil fuel. The largest known deposits of tar sands occur in Canada's Athabasca River valley, where commercial projects for synthetic oil production from tar sands are being carried out

tarsands

plural of tarsand

Türkische aussprache

tär sändz

Aussprache

/ˈtär ˈsandz/ /ˈtɑːr ˈsændz/

Etymologie

[ 'tär ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English terr, tarr, from Old English teoru; akin to Old English trEow tree; more at TREE.