kerosene

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Ken Cronin, chief executive of the UK & Ireland Fuel Distributors Association, said as heating oil was a kerosene fuel, it was connected with jet fuel on European markets.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

Current tariffs of 10 percent on unleaded gasoline and seven percent on diesel, aviation fuel and kerosene would all be temporarily removed under the decree.

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

Disruption to supplies from the Gulf, in the wake of the US and Israeli air strikes on Iran, has pushed the cost of aviation kerosene up by more than 80%.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

He cites the example of John D. Rockefeller, who happened to be the biggest producer of kerosene just when the automobile industry took off.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 26, 2026

We lit our kerosene lamps and carried them before us in the dark like our own tiny wavering suns.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly