petroleum
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The biggest rise was in energy products, including a 7% lift in crude oil shipments and a 37.9% rise in refined petroleum products, mainly gasoline and aviation fuel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
In other words, the reserves his company and others have been tapping — including the U.S. strategic petroleum reserve, which is supposed to be used only for global emergencies — are about to run out.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026
Nature chose its location some 60,000 years ago, when crude petroleum that formed millions of years earlier began seeping to the surface.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
The country has diversified its energy sources, including into renewables, and had built up its strategic petroleum reserve to a greater extent than others, giving it some extra cushion.
From Barron's • May 30, 2026
The food in our organic meal had floated to us on a sea of petroleum just as surely as the corn-based meal we’d had from McDonald’s.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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