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petroleum

noun as in oil

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Implied weekly demand for petroleum products also was in line with the five-year average, which suggests no decline in energy demand, Polyak added.

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Chevron and the California Resources Corp., petroleum companies that have given to California Republicans in the past, also remain on the sidelines.

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The tanker, carrying petroleum products from Lagos in southern Nigeria to the north, is said to have crashed due to the bad condition of the road.

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Some of Taft's 7,000 residents are anticipating a comeback for the petroleum industry in California, which has pledged to abandon oil drilling by 2045 to meet its climate goals.

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The federal agency’s weekly petroleum report, which has continued to be published despite the government shutdown, suggests that production has remained around that level.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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