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petroleum

[puh-troh-lee-uhm] / pəˈtroʊ li əm /


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These have included tankers moving Iranian crude to China, as well as liquefied petroleum gas, or LPG, to customers mainly in India, as well as dry bulk carriers moving soybeans, corn and rice to Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

“Families who depend on petroleum products to commute to jobs and school and to heat their homes may need to pull back on more discretionary forms of spending,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

It holds no strategic petroleum reserve, operates no domestic refinery, and has no bilateral arrangement with any major energy producer it can activate under pressure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Energy Information Administration, about one-fifth of global petroleum liquids trade passes through the strait, which has been effectively closed since early in the war.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Once I read in a magazine that you can make lipstick by mixing Kool-Aid with petroleum jelly.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles




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