tar sand

noun

: a natural impregnation of sand or sandstone with petroleum from which the lighter portions have escaped

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American companies that work there—in the Canadian tar sands or in the North Sea’s oil fields, for example—will still have to make these disclosures. —

Matt Mossman, Foreign Affairs, 28 Mar. 2017 Vaillant weaves together the story of the tar sands industry, the impacts of climate change and the white-knuckle evacuation of the town into a frightening wake-up call of our new reality concerning wildfires. —

Bridget Alex, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2023 Fort McMurray is in the middle of Alberta’s tar sands, or bituminous sands. —

Bridget Alex, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2023 The growth in fossil-fuel financing among Canadian institutions may be explained by recent demand from the tar sand industry, Maaike Beenes, the campaign lead at BankTrack, told S&P Global. —

Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2023 See all Example Sentences for tar sand