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petroleum

[puh-troh-lee-uhm] / pəˈtroʊ li əm /


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The situation has left investors glued to satellite imagery of tanker traffic and estimates of how much oil, gasoline and other petroleum products various countries have stockpiled.

From The Wall Street Journal

He cited Texas-based petroleum companies Murphy Oil and Apache Oil, a subsidiary of APA, as firms that have already established international footholds.

From Barron's

Hollub was regarded as a talented petroleum engineer but she was less astute as a financial manager.

From Barron's

He cited Texas-based petroleum companies Murphy Oil and Apache Oil, a subsidiary of APA, as firms that have already established international footholds.

From Barron's

While Saudi Arabia has rerouted some supplies through existing pipelines to export terminals elsewhere, analysts including Rapidan Energy Group say 10 million or more barrels of petroleum a day remain throttled.

From The Wall Street Journal