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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

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

Prices of petroleum products in Switzerland were up 18% on year, with air transport costs that are particularly exposed to rises in global energy costs also remaining high.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

One of the petroleum companies, Conoco, that was exploring for oil, agreed to build a big sanctuary for the chimps—a patch of forest with an electric fence around it.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall




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