Heavy Oil

Heavy oil may refer to:

  • Fuel oil that contains residual oil left over from distillation.
  • Heavy crude oil, viscous crude oil.
  • Coal tar creosote, a wood preservative and waterproofing agent.

Famous quotes containing the words heavy and/or oil:

    “Come all you rounders if you want to hear
    A story ‘bout a brave engineer;
    Casey Jones, that was the rounder’s name
    On a heavy eight-wheeler he rode to fame.”
    —Unknown. Casey Jones (l. 1–4)

    “Can he who has discovered only some of the values of whalebone and whale oil be said to have discovered the true use of the whale?”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)