非常规石油一般是指超重原油、油砂油、致密油、页岩油等。这类石油的特点是：比重大、杂质多、粘度大、轻质烃类成分少，生产成本高。随着常规石油资源的减少和生产成本上升，非常规石油将得到开发利用。
非常规石油拯救不了我们：即便启动开采加拿大沥青砂这一应急方案，到了2030年每天也只能供500万桶。
Unconventional oil won't save us: even a crash programme to develop the Canadian tar sands could deliver only 5m barrels a day by 2030.
已探明的石油、天然气资源储量相对不足，油页岩、煤层气等非常规化石能源储量潜力较大。
The verified reserves of oil and natural gas are relatively small, while oil shale, coal-bed gas and other unconventional fossil energy resources have huge potential for exploitation.
国家石油公司表示将出价44亿美元获得布里格姆探索项目，从而扩大挪威能源公司在岩页气以及其他非常规气体资源开发项目的规模。
In a separate deal Statoil said it would pay $4.4 billion for Brigham Exploration , which will broaden the Norwegian energy company's business in shale and other unconventional gas sources.
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