petroleum
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March’s advance was also driven by trade in petroleum products as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East disrupted energy markets and spiked prices.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Import volumes of petroleum from the Middle East plunged 67.2% in April from a year earlier, while those from the U.S. surged 38.8%.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
At the same time, U.S. petroleum inventories are falling, with the Energy Information Administration on Wednesday reporting a significant 7.9 million-barrel drop in U.S. crude oil inventories for the week ending May 15.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
Today, most hydrogen is produced through industrial methods that rely on fossil fuels such as petroleum, natural gas, and coal.
From Science Daily • May 20, 2026
The food in our organic meal had floated to us on a sea of petroleum just as surely as the corn-based meal we’d had from McDonald’s.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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