petroleum
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Iran will also emerge from the conflict with the military capacity to close the strait, through which roughly 20% of the world’s petroleum passes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026
Under normal circumstances, around 20 million barrels a day of oil and petroleum products pass through the strait.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
But he warned that the deficit widened when petroleum products were excluded.
From Barron's • 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
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
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