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petroleum

noun as in oil

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To use either its resources or its manpower in the war, Moscow needs ready-to-use petroleum products.

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The company said it has "sufficient crude oil reserves for processing at this time, while petrol stations are fully supplied with all types of petroleum products".

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Hollub gets high marks for her operational skills, reflecting her background as a petroleum engineer.

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"I saw people with bottles filled with petroleum. They got it from the motorbikes. They started attacking the parliament," said Ms Pandey.

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She said she understands there are environmental concerns, but “at the end of the day, our purpose was an issue of petroleum supply.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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