petroleum
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Under normal circumstances, around 20 million barrels a day of oil and petroleum products pass through the strait.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
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 biggest rise was in energy products, including a 7% lift in crude oil shipments and a 37.9% rise in refined petroleum products, mainly gasoline and aviation fuel.
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
The food in our organic meal had floated to us on a sea of petroleum just as surely as the corn-based meal we’d had from McDonald’s.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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