petroleum

Example Sentences

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"Driving an EV is so much better than driving a petroleum vehicle, in terms of costs and also in terms of saving fuel, queuing to fill up," the school teacher said.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

He said some countries such as South Korea and India that rely heavily on oil and gas coming from the Middle East may need to build new strategic petroleum reserves in the next few years.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

Hai said more than 50 percent of his clients changed from petroleum to electric cars last month, while the number of customers at the showroom was up by around 30 percent.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Many economists had already assumed the Strait of Hormuz, through which petroleum products and other commodities such as fertilizer transit from the Persian Gulf, would eventually reopen and oil prices would fall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 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