petroleum

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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

And in India, which depends on liquefied petroleum gas for cooking, there’s been a huge surge of interest in electric induction stoves.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

This included a crude tanker headed to China, one to India, one tanker carrying liquified petroleum gas leaving the passage route and another one entering.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Every day I watched the German soldiers in their field-gray uniforms who guarded a petroleum tank across the street from our apartment.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson