petroleum
Example Sentences
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The country started releasing 15 days' worth of private-sector petroleum reserves last week and it will on Thursday begin tapping into government stockpiles.
From Barron's
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are using pipelines to reroute oil away from the strait, and the U.S. and other countries are releasing strategic petroleum reserves to try to cover the gap.
From Barron's
The extent of the disruption to the petroleum infrastructure in the Middle East will fundamentally change oil supply, which will mean higher costs over time, he said.
It also can measure the limits of releases from strategic petroleum reserves, spare production capacity, freight constraints and refinery substitution, he said.
From MarketWatch
In both cases, media coverage has focused on petroleum prices.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
