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
• 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
• Haifa, which accounts for about a fifth of Israel's petroleum imports, is still open.
  — Joe Wallace, WSJ, 9 Oct. 2023
• Synthetic Turf: Fake grass is a petroleum product that creates heat islands, and will eventually ignite and burn.
  — Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024
• Logan was previously an actor and Grover had a successful career in the petroleum and mining industry.
  — Adam Morganstern, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024