petroleum
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The increase was driven by a 22.7% jump in petroleum and coal product sales due to geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Eneos will acquire the assets, including the Caltex brand, to capture expected petroleum demand growth in Southeast Asia.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Plus, long-haul flights are less affected by fuel shortages than short ones, says Patrick De Haan, the head of petroleum analysis at Gas Buddy.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
A Citgo Petroleum Corporation lawyer, Ann Al-Bahish, sought exemptions for petroleum refineries in Illinois, Louisiana and Texas, which had all been hit with Clean Air Act violations in recent years.
From Salon • May 10, 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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