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plural oilbergs
(informal) A supertanker that transports oil. quotations examples
With the advent of supertankers — aptly nicknamed "oilbergs" — the danger increases that 300,000 tons or more may be dumped in a single mishap.
1970, LIFE, volume 68, number 8, page 29
That is a lot of ship, about the the[sic] size of big tankers before they grew so rapidly to become supers, mammoths and oilbergs.
1973, Jeffrey Potter, Disaster by Oil, page 46