petroleum
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There is a high chance that the Chinese government is using its strategic supply of petroleum to bolster global markets, market researcher Rory Johnston wrote in the Commodity Context newsletter on Substack.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
Prices for energy and petroleum products were up 7.7% between March and April, representing the fourth rise in a row after a steep 26.9% jump in March.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Import volumes of petroleum from the Middle East plunged 67.2% in April from a year earlier, while those from the U.S. surged 38.8%.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Today, most hydrogen is produced through industrial methods that rely on fossil fuels such as petroleum, natural gas, and coal.
From Science Daily • May 20, 2026
The expertise at distillation that medieval Islamic alchemists developed to produce alcohols and perfumes also let them distill petroleum into fractions, some of which proved to be even more powerful incendiaries.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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