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gas oil

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noun

  1. a fuel oil obtained in the distillation of petroleum, intermediate in viscosity and boiling point between paraffin and lubricating oils. It boils above about 250°C

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David Campbell, field director with USW Local 675, told The Times that the fire broke out in the refinery’s Isomax complex, which converts gas oil into higher-value products such as jet fuel.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 3, 2025

Ukraine holds huge deposits of critical elements and minerals thought to be worth billions of dollars, including lithium and titanium, as well as sizeable quantities of coal, gas, oil and uranium.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2025

By phasing out fossil fuels, the production of raw materials is reduced as the extraction of natural gas, oil, and coal is no longer necessary.

From Science Daily Jun. 4, 2024

It would be the first change in more than a century to the royalties that energy companies pay to extract gas, oil and coal from government-owned territory.

From New York Times Jul. 21, 2023

We spent weeks at the huge Shell Haven Refinery with a special instructor who taught us all about fuel oil and diesel oil and gas oil and lubricating oil and kerosene and gasoline.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl

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