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In petroleum: Unconventional oil
Tight oil is often light-gravity oil which is trapped in formations characterized by very low porosity and permeability. Tight oil production requires technologically complex drilling and completion methods, such as hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and other processes. (Completion is the practice of preparing the well and…
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In shale oil
…the petroleum industry as “tight oil.” However, because it is most prominently recovered from shale formations, in a manner similar to shale gas, it is commonly referred to as shale oil.
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