Definition of Oil tanker

1. Noun. A cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk.

Exact synonyms: Oiler, Tank Ship, Tanker
Generic synonyms: Cargo Ship, Cargo Vessel
Specialized synonyms: Supertanker
Derivative terms: Oil

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oil Tanker

oil refinery
oil refining
oil retention enema
oil rig
oil rigger
oil rigs
oil sand
oil sands
oil shale
oil slick
oil spot
oil stain
oil stove
oil stoves
oil sugar
oil tanker (current term)
oil trash
oil tumour
oil tycoon
oil up
oil vaccine
oil well
oil wells
oilbird
oilbirds
oilcake
oilcamp
oilcamps
oilcan
oilcans

Literary usage of Oil tanker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. World Energy Investment Outlook: 2003 Insights by International Energy Agency (2003)
"Around 60% of the existing oil-tanker fleet will have to be scrapped by 2015 in order to meet the requirements of international ..."

2. Hot Bulb Oil Engines and Suitable Vessels by Walter Pollock (1919)
"211, is an oil tanker carrying 450 tons of oil or spirit, length 163 ft., breadth 28-5 ... oil tanker ..."

3. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1919)
"oil tanker oil tanker of 10000 Tons Deadweight Adopted as Standard by shipping Board ... Standard oil tanker Benjamin Brew- ster (82237 A). Ills. & Plates. ..."

4. Fuel Oil in Industry by Stephen Osgood Andros (1920)
"The oil tanker "Nuuanu." arrived in San Francisco with a cargo of about 1100 tons of bulk cocoanut oil, making the trip from Manila in ..."

5. Angola: Towards an Energy Strategy by International Energy Agency (2006)
"... Angolan crude oil tanker ports planning. The minimum cargo size is 600 thousand barrels. The production rate of the contributing fields is approximately ..."

6. The Economics of Petroleum by Joseph Ezekiel Pogue (1921)
"For ocean transport, the oil tanker represents the most efficient agency for ... COMPARISON BETWEEN THE OIL-TANKER TONNAGE AND THE TOTAL MERCHANT TONNAGE OF ..."

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