Petroleum
noun
A dark oil found under the earth's surface and used for fuel.
He works at a petroleum refinery, where petroleum is processed into gasoline.
Often appears as...
- petroleum industry
- petroleum products
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Technical
noun
Crude oil as a commodity for economic trading and industrial applications.
The price of petroleum is fluctuating in the global market.
Often appears as...
- crude petroleum
- petroleum reserves
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Academic
noun
A substance used to make products including plastics and chemicals.
Many types of plastic are derived from petroleum.
Often appears as...
- petroleum-based products
- petroleum refining
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Technical
noun
A dark oil found under the earth's surface and used for fuel.
He works at a petroleum refinery, where petroleum is processed into gasoline.
Often appears as...
- petroleum industry
- petroleum products
Usage tips
Technical
noun
Crude oil as a commodity for economic trading and industrial applications.
The price of petroleum is fluctuating in the global market.
Often appears as...
- crude petroleum
- petroleum reserves
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
A substance used to make products including plastics and chemicals.
Many types of plastic are derived from petroleum.
Often appears as...
- petroleum-based products
- petroleum refining
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Energy Fuel
Petroleum often refers to energy sources like gasoline and diesel.
Gasoline derived from petroleum powers many vehicles.
Pro Tip 2/3Industrial Use
Petroleum is vital in industries, not just for fuel but for manufacturing.
Factories rely on petroleum for producing various goods.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Liquid
Though it's an oil, petroleum can be refined into solid products.
Petroleum can be found in waxes and asphalt.
Pro Tip 1/3Energy Fuel
Petroleum often refers to energy sources like gasoline and diesel.
Gasoline derived from petroleum powers many vehicles.
Pro Tip 2/3Industrial Use
Petroleum is vital in industries, not just for fuel but for manufacturing.
Factories rely on petroleum for producing various goods.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Liquid
Though it's an oil, petroleum can be refined into solid products.
Petroleum can be found in waxes and asphalt.
Pro Tip 1/3Energy Fuel
Petroleum often refers to energy sources like gasoline and diesel.
Gasoline derived from petroleum powers many vehicles.
Pro Tip 2/3Industrial Use
Petroleum is vital in industries, not just for fuel but for manufacturing.
Factories rely on petroleum for producing various goods.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Liquid
Though it's an oil, petroleum can be refined into solid products.
Petroleum can be found in waxes and asphalt.
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Lisa Margonelli: The...
One of the things that we also need to do, is we need to try to not kind of fool ourselves into thinking that you can have a green world, before you reduce the amount of oil that we use. We need to focus on reducing the oil. What you see in this top drawing is a schematic of how petroleum gets used in the U.S. economy.
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Africa’s rhyming history...
came to be valued was palm oil used initially can be used for many things but used primarily to lubricate the rapidly multiplying machines of industrializing Europe the petroleum era had not yet dawned in this period some remarkable West African entrepreneurs are raised to organize enterprises to
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How do we separate the...
Take petroleum, a mixture of different types of hydrocarbons. Some of these are valuable as fuels, and others make good raw materials for generating electric power. To separate them, experts rely on one important different hydrocarbons boil at different temperatures.
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Tips From an Ultramaratho...
dictating what type of first-aid supplies you need one of the most common injuries on the trailer blisters you really want to start treating them early on into a run or hike to prevent the blisters you want to avoid the abrasion I like to use on petroleum jelly which
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Jason Pontin: Can...
of the world's energy consumption derives from advanced, renewable sources such as solar, wind and biofuels, less than two percent, and the reason is purely economic. Coal and natural gas are cheaper than solar and wind, and petroleum is cheaper than biofuels.
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The business logic of...
mess and by the way he convicted me as a plunderer of the earth and I then challenged the people of interface my company to lead our company in the entire industrial world to sustainability which we defined as eventually operating our petroleum
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Juan Enriquez: Using...
not the best use of bioenergy. As you think of what are the alternatives to this system -- it's important to find alternatives because it turns out that the U.S. is dwindling in its petroleum reserves, but it is not dwindling in
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From Farm to Table PIPE Nat...
plow we transformed the planet it's the biggest transformation of any process by humans in the biosphere but then after World War two we got into really transforming the planet using petroleum as fuel for the transformation
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Rob Hopkins: Transition...
and look over the span of history, at what we might call the petroleum interval, it's a short period in history where we've discovered this extraordinary material, and then based a whole way of life around it.
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Xiaolin Zheng: Solar...
Here we show the world's energy resources. The big one in the center is the annual energy from the sun. The ones on the right-hand side are from the finite resources. For example, the petroleum,
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Lisa Margonelli: The...
One of the things that we also need to do, is we need to try to not kind of fool ourselves into thinking that you can have a green world, before you reduce the amount of oil that we use. We need to focus on reducing the oil. What you see in this top drawing is a schematic of how petroleum gets used in the U.S. economy.
Video examples
Africa’s rhyming history...
came to be valued was palm oil used initially can be used for many things but used primarily to lubricate the rapidly multiplying machines of industrializing Europe the petroleum era had not yet dawned in this period some remarkable West African entrepreneurs are raised to organize enterprises to
Video examples
How do we separate the...
Take petroleum, a mixture of different types of hydrocarbons. Some of these are valuable as fuels, and others make good raw materials for generating electric power. To separate them, experts rely on one important different hydrocarbons boil at different temperatures.
Video examples
Tips From an Ultramaratho...
dictating what type of first-aid supplies you need one of the most common injuries on the trailer blisters you really want to start treating them early on into a run or hike to prevent the blisters you want to avoid the abrasion I like to use on petroleum jelly which
Video examples
Jason Pontin: Can...
of the world's energy consumption derives from advanced, renewable sources such as solar, wind and biofuels, less than two percent, and the reason is purely economic. Coal and natural gas are cheaper than solar and wind, and petroleum is cheaper than biofuels.
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The business logic of...
mess and by the way he convicted me as a plunderer of the earth and I then challenged the people of interface my company to lead our company in the entire industrial world to sustainability which we defined as eventually operating our petroleum
Video examples
Juan Enriquez: Using...
not the best use of bioenergy. As you think of what are the alternatives to this system -- it's important to find alternatives because it turns out that the U.S. is dwindling in its petroleum reserves, but it is not dwindling in
Video examples
From Farm to Table PIPE Nat...
plow we transformed the planet it's the biggest transformation of any process by humans in the biosphere but then after World War two we got into really transforming the planet using petroleum as fuel for the transformation
Video examples
Rob Hopkins: Transition...
and look over the span of history, at what we might call the petroleum interval, it's a short period in history where we've discovered this extraordinary material, and then based a whole way of life around it.
Video examples
Xiaolin Zheng: Solar...
Here we show the world's energy resources. The big one in the center is the annual energy from the sun. The ones on the right-hand side are from the finite resources. For example, the petroleum,
Example 1 of 10
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Michael Ignatieff
Canadian Politician
Relying exclusively on air power has limits: planes are effective against fixed strategic targets, like petroleum storage, bridges, and command bunkers; but even then, air power rarely succeeds by itself in destroying a regime's ability to command and control its forces.
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Robert Zubrin
American Scientist
We need to drastically reduce the importance of the petroleum game itself by enacting flex-fuel-vehicle legislation that will open the transportation market to fuels derived from non-petroleum sources.
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Daryl Hannah
American Actress
The biodiesel we use is 100 percent, it has no petroleum in it. It was already used in fryers throughout our local area. It's already had one life and now it's going to be used again, which is nice.
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Richard Lamm
American Politician
The approaching exhaustion of domestic reserves of petroleum and the rapid depletion of world reserves will have a profound effect on Americans in the cities and on the farms.
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James Buchan
British Novelist
A century ago, petroleum - what we call oil - was just an obscure commodity; today it is almost as vital to human existence as water.
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John Hoeven
American Politician
Pipelines are by far the safest way to transport petroleum. They are safer than tankers, safer than trucks, safer than rail.
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Rachel Lindsay
American Celebrity
I use the petroleum jelly on my lips because they get very dry and it's truly the only thing that works.
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Marcy Kaptur
American Politician
I believe America's chief strategic vulnerability is our dependence on imported petroleum.
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George M. Church
American Scientist
Making new petroleum should be as simple and straightforward as brewing beer.
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Simone Weil
French Philosopher
Petroleum is a more likely cause of international conflict than wheat.
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Michael Ignatieff
Canadian Politician
Relying exclusively on air power has limits: planes are effective against fixed strategic targets, like petroleum storage, bridges, and command bunkers; but even then, air power rarely succeeds by itself in destroying a regime's ability to command and control its forces.
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Robert Zubrin
American Scientist
We need to drastically reduce the importance of the petroleum game itself by enacting flex-fuel-vehicle legislation that will open the transportation market to fuels derived from non-petroleum sources.
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Daryl Hannah
American Actress
The biodiesel we use is 100 percent, it has no petroleum in it. It was already used in fryers throughout our local area. It's already had one life and now it's going to be used again, which is nice.
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Richard Lamm
American Politician
The approaching exhaustion of domestic reserves of petroleum and the rapid depletion of world reserves will have a profound effect on Americans in the cities and on the farms.
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James Buchan
British Novelist
A century ago, petroleum - what we call oil - was just an obscure commodity; today it is almost as vital to human existence as water.
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John Hoeven
American Politician
Pipelines are by far the safest way to transport petroleum. They are safer than tankers, safer than trucks, safer than rail.
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Rachel Lindsay
American Celebrity
I use the petroleum jelly on my lips because they get very dry and it's truly the only thing that works.
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Marcy Kaptur
American Politician
I believe America's chief strategic vulnerability is our dependence on imported petroleum.
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George M. Church
American Scientist
Making new petroleum should be as simple and straightforward as brewing beer.
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Simone Weil
French Philosopher
Petroleum is a more likely cause of international conflict than wheat.
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