petroleum
Example Sentences
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Experts say minerals would be trickier to stockpile than petroleum.
Of the six largest manufacturing industries, five—transportation equipment; machinery; chemicals; food, beverage and tobacco products; and electronics—expanded in January, with only petroleum and coal products declining, Spence said.
As many as 8 in 10 are mired in poverty, according to various surveys, in a country that sits atop the world’s largest proven petroleum reserves.
From Los Angeles Times
Prosecutors earlier this week claimed Alison-Madueke enjoyed a "life of luxury" funded by those who were interested in lucrative oil and gas contracts with Nigeria's state-owned petroleum corporation.
From Barron's
Since taking office, Rodriguez has pushed a reform of a hydrocarbons law to open the country's petroleum industry to foreign firms.
From Barron's
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