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petroleum

[puh-troh-lee-uhm] / pəˈtroʊ li əm /


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Rather, he expects high oil prices to manifest into even higher prices for gasoline, jet fuel and other petroleum products.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

The Philippines is also establishing its first strategic petroleum reserve program.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

As a result, the Iran war has largely neutralised the cartel's stated mission "to secure an efficient, economic and regular supply of petroleum to consumers, and a steady income to producers".

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

Nature chose its location some 60,000 years ago, when crude petroleum that formed millions of years earlier began seeping to the surface.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

I could not taste or smell the feed corn or the petroleum or the antibiotics or the hormones—or the feedlot manure, even though I knew they were there.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan




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