petroleum

Example Sentences

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Last year India exported $7.32 billion in goods, mainly in engineering and petroleum products, said the India Brand Equity Foundation.

From Barron's

“This very rare geologic feature of translucent petroleum has been filtered by nature,” the sign read.

From Los Angeles Times

Experts say minerals would be trickier to stockpile than petroleum.

From The Wall Street Journal

Of the six largest manufacturing industries, five—transportation equipment; machinery; chemicals; food, beverage and tobacco products; and electronics—expanded in January, with only petroleum and coal products declining, Spence said.

From The Wall Street Journal

As many as 8 in 10 are mired in poverty, according to various surveys, in a country that sits atop the world’s largest proven petroleum reserves.

From Los Angeles Times