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Tight oil

Term · Energy · MLC-T-ENE-002299

Oil produced from petroleum-bearing formations with low permeability such as the Eagle Ford, the Bakken, and other formations that must be hydraulically fractured to produce oil at commercial rates. Shale oil is a subset of tight oil.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENE-002299
FieldEnergy
SubjectNatural gas
ReferencesEIA Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENE-002299",
  "term": "Tight oil",
  "field": "Energy",
  "definition": "Oil produced from petroleum-bearing formations with low permeability such as the Eagle Ford, the Bakken, and other formations that must be hydraulically fractured to produce oil at commercial rates. Shale oil is a subset of tight oil.",
  "subject": "Natural gas",
  "references": [
    "EIA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/energy/tight-oil/"
}

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