black gold

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Every five years, the fading US town of Taft puts on a days-long "Oildorado" festival to celebrate its glory days at the center of California's black gold rush.

From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025

“I could never dress like this in Veracruz, where I live now,” said Ximena Ximénez, 27, who returned to Juchitán for the vela and wore a black, gold and white garment with a matching headpiece.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2024

As one of Africa's top oil producers, Nigeria has relied on the black gold for government revenue as well as a source of vital foreign currency.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2023

I've taken to treating the latter like little orbs of black gold.

From Salon • Sep. 24, 2022

And Bill was sure that all three deaths were connected—somehow—to the Osage’s subterranean reservoir of black gold.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann