oil

Examples

Petrol and diesel are produced from petroleum.
Products which are petroleum-based are highly inflammable.
Petroleum is used to produce fuel for vehicles.
'Vaseline' is the commercial name for petroleum jelly.
Petroleum jelly can be used to soothe and prevent nappy rash.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Petroleum products especially when used as fuel
antiknocking
derv
diesel
downstream
four-star
gas
gasohol
gasoline
hexane
high-octane
juice
leaded
mineral oil
non-leaded
octane number
oil
petroleum jelly
premium
propane
unleaded

petroleum | American Dictionary

petroleum
noun[ U ]
us/pəˈtroʊ·li·əm/
a dark, thick oil obtained from under the ground and made into fuels such as gas and heating oil, and used in making plastics

petroleum | Business English

petroleum
noun[ U ]
uk /pəˈtrəʊliəm/us
NATURAL RESOURCES
a dark thick oil obtained from under the ground, from which various substances, including petrol, are produced:
Imports of petroleum and petroleum products declined by 23.9 %.
Most industrialized societies depend on the petroleum industry.
a petroleum company/corporation
petroleum refining/production

Examples of petroleum

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There is a high dependence on imported petroleum products, which make up 6% of total imports.
The darkly stained surface soil in the depot area also suggests that other petroleum products were spilled at the site.
Many economies are dominated by mining, petroleum, or other industrial commodity production, others receive more income in foreign aid than in corporate or income taxes.
The resulting balance of payments crisis was exacerbated by the government's delay in adjusting petroleum prices and electricity rates.
Once commercialized fuel markets exist, petroleum fuels can get their breakthrough if they can compete on price with fuelwood.
There was a long list of antitrust offences of which the petroleum companies were purportedly guilty, and one of these was exchange agreements.
It is the realm of bioremediation where the greatest advances are being made for treating petroleum-contaminated soils in cold regions.
Given the large quantity of petroleum-contaminated soil present, remediation processes that can be carried out in situ are likely to be the preferable clean-up options.
If the nuclear status was unclear, the oocytes were mounted on slides that had been prepared with petroleum jelly/paraffin wax supporting droplets.
Unused tanks of petroleum, materials containing asbestos, chemicals for experimentation, and thousands of other items were left behind.
Some of these sites are where the storage or use of petroleum hydrocarbons was likely to have been common when the station was inhabited.
Sampling of soil and water for an assessment of contamination by heavy metals and petroleum hydrocarbons was also carried out.
The residual total petroleum hydrocarbons present at the site were unresolved complex material.
The editors are both experienced petroleum geologists, who have worked hard to ensure an even standard of treatment.
The corneas were kept moist with a few drops of mineral oil or white petroleum jelly.
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Collocations withpetroleum

petroleum

These are words often used in combination with petroleum.

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crude petroleum
I understand that the refinery, as at present arranged, will be occupied with the treatment of crudepetroleum only.
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