Usually means: Oil without dissolved gases, stable.
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  1. dead oil: Merriam-Webster
  2. dead-oil, dead oil: Wordnik
  3. dead oil: Wiktionary
  4. Dead oil: Dictionary.com
  5. Dead oil: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. dead oil: Encyclopedia

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  1. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (dead oil)

▸ noun:  The heavy oil obtained in the distillation of coal tar, containing phenol, naphthalus, etc.

Similar:
light oil, coal tar, coal-tar, tall oil, fixed oil, naphtha, naphthalene, creosote, tallol, acenaphthene, more...

Opposite:
live oil, crude oil, unrefined oil

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Similar:
light oil, coal tar, coal-tar, tall oil, fixed oil, naphtha, naphthalene, creosote, tallol, acenaphthene, more...

Opposite:
live oil, crude oil, unrefined oil



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