petroleum
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Most of the ships that cross are bulk carriers and tankers carrying petroleum products.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
“Families who depend on petroleum products to commute to jobs and school and to heat their homes may need to pull back on more discretionary forms of spending,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Pakistan must work “to avoid a default-like situation,” said Ali Pervaiz Malik, the federal petroleum minister.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Energy Information Administration, about one-fifth of global petroleum liquids trade passes through the strait, which has been effectively closed since early in the war.
From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026
The expertise at distillation that medieval Islamic alchemists developed to produce alcohols and perfumes also let them distill petroleum into fractions, some of which proved to be even more powerful incendiaries.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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