petroleum
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The disruption has hit several fuel categories especially hard, with the sharpest declines seen in liquefied petroleum gas, ethane and naphtha—key feedstocks for the petrochemical industry.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Indiana was one of six states, clustered around the Great Lakes, where prices dropped last week, Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, said Monday.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
A Citgo Petroleum Corporation lawyer, Ann Al-Bahish, sought exemptions for petroleum refineries in Illinois, Louisiana and Texas, which had all been hit with Clean Air Act violations in recent years.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
Formed in 1960, OPEC’s members, representing 90% of world petroleum reserves, implemented a 1973 oil embargo, causing prices to surge.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
As for postmedieval petroleum distillation, 19th-century chemists found the middle distillate fraction useful as fuel for oil lamps.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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