petroleum

Example Sentences

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On Thursday, Bangladesh hiked prices of liquefied petroleum gas used for cooking and compressed natural gas used in some cars by 29 percent.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Paris dropped about half a percent, even as oil giant TotalEnergies was up almost three percent on reports it made a $1 billion profit in March trading petroleum products.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

The moves are a side effect of the war with Iran, which has spread across more of the Middle East, creating tighter supplies of oil and petroleum products such as jet fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

People who are struggling and rely on heating oil or liquid petroleum gas will be eligible for a one-off payment of £200 if they are part of the Council Tax Reduction Scheme.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 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