How to Use petroleum in a Sentence

petroleum

noun

• The price of steel, used in bridges, has risen the most, but so have the prices of dirt, gravel and asphalt, which is petroleum-based.
  — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 30 June 2022
• The shale boom transformed the U.S. from a net importer to a net exporter of petroleum and gas.
  — Christopher M. Matthews, WSJ, 30 July 2022
• This laundry stick looks like a bar of soap and is free of petroleum, phosphates, parabens, and dyes.
  — Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 June 2023
• The type of plastic used also affects the amount of petroleum used.
  — Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2023
• Traders figure that there is enough petroleum on hand around the world to deal with any supply problems.
  — Stanley Reed, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2024
• Polypropylene is a type of plastic that comes from petroleum, which may lead to some concerns about its safety in the home.
  — Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2024
• Venezuela, once a major exporter to the United States, has the world’s largest petroleum reserves.
  — New York Times, 5 June 2022
• Most candles sold in the United States are made from paraffin wax, which is a byproduct of petroleum.
  — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 5 Oct. 2023
• But part of the answer is to be able to create petroleum without adding CO2 to the environment.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2023
• Still, no one can blame Dunn for the current petroleum shortage.
  — Christopher Helman, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022
• In the 1870s, petroleum began to replace whale oil as a fuel.
  — Ryan Jones, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2022
• It was being used by the petroleum giant BP to frack for fossil fuels.
  — Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2023
• His current rank is as a sergeant first class and his job is a petroleum supply specialist.
  — Luis Martinez, ABC News, 26 Oct. 2023
• The timing of the closures, a year after the oil discovery, raised hopes that the petroleum industry might somehow fill the void.
  — Gaiutra Bahadur Keisha Scarville, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2024
• Yet, the artificial color, which is derived from petroleum, is still used to give foods and medicines a bright red hue.
  — Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2023
• Shapiro said the tanker was carrying some kind of petroleum product.
  — Julianne McShane, NBC News, 12 June 2023
• Gasoline and diesel are the main culprits, with over 90% of the fuel used in transportation being petroleum-based.
  — Nick Grewal, Forbes, 1 June 2022
• Odessa is a city in the petroleum-rich Permian Basin, where oil-field jobs draw large numbers of transient workers.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2022
• Corruption has long been rampant in Venezuela, which sits atop the world’s largest petroleum reserves.
  — Regina Garcia Cano, ajc, 21 Mar. 2023
• It’s also eco-friendly as it’s made from corn sugar and not petroleum.
  — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Nov. 2022
• All around it are acres of commercial trucks, stopped for the night and carrying every kind of cargo: cows, weed, pro-wrestling rings, grain, petroleum.
  — Andrew Kay, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2023
• Equipment had leaked onto the ground in numerous places, leaving petroleum stains on the dirt.
  — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Dec. 2022
• Then the switch from steam to oil made petroleum deposits treasures beyond measure.
  — Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
• Yet, along with petroleum, electricity prices are on the rise too.
  — Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 19 May 2022
• The biggest of all of these is the ExxonMobil property, which has been home to some form of petroleum storage and distribution since the 1920s.
  — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022
• The date of the ban on the supply of petroleum products will be determined by the Russian government, according to the decree.
  — Uliana Pavlova, CNN, 27 Dec. 2022
• What would the kid who’s got a petroleum engineering degree coming out of UTEP say?
  — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Apr. 2023
• Coal and petroleum products remain among the primary sources of air pollution around the world.
  — Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023
• Using carbon, instead of the usual petroleum, makes the asphalt stronger, cheaper and greener.
  — Diana Olick, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2024
• The country exported no commodities to China last year, the data shows, but Zhao has regularly posted photos of him meeting Taliban officials responsible for mining, petroleum, trade and regional connectivity since his appointment last September.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Nov 2024