Synonyms for petroleum
pəˈtroʊ li əmpe·tro·le·um

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1. petroleumnoun

   Synonyms:
   oil, gasoline, gas, petroil, petrol

2. petroleumnoun

   A flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under earth surface.

   Synonyms:
   petrol, gasoline, petroil, oil, gas

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1. petroleum, crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil oil, oilnoun

   a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

   Synonyms:
   rock oil, crude oil, oil color, oil, vegetable oil, fossil oil, crude, oil colour

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1. • Fossil Fuel
   • Oil

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1. petroleumnoun

   Synonyms:
   rock-oil, mineral oil, mineral pitch, mineral tar, barbadoes tar, seneca oil

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1. List of paraphrases for "petroleum":

   oil, hydrocarbons, tanker, hydrocarbon, petrol, oil-, petroleo

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1. Ted Cruz:

   The Strategic Petroleum Reserve was intended to ensure that America had sufficient oil. Instead, Joe Biden sold oil to the Chinese Communist Party when the CCP was stockpiling oil for its own strategic use, and while Americans are paying higher and higher prices for fuel because of the Biden administration’s disastrous energy policies, we need to immediately act to stop this from happening in the future… and unleash American energy.

2. Energy Minister Damian Gjiknuri:

   We shall renegotiate some of the current contracts, including Albania's biggest contract -- Bankers Petroleum.

3. Jonathan Karl:

   The question of banning the import of oil and gas from Russia, it is not insignificant. We actually take in more petroleum from Russia then we do from Saudi Arabia. It's extraordinary, George, for all the sanctions that have been imposed, and they have been unprecedented on Russia, to sanction everything but the thing that drives our economy.

4. Qatar Petroleum:

   Qatar Petroleum will continue working... If some companies decide they don't want to work with QP that's their choice. We will find other foreign companies to work with.

5. Benjamin Lu:

   The sharp drop in oil prices is likely due to market jitters on potential waivers in U.S. sanctions on Iranian petroleum exports (in May), the effects of additional U.S. waivers on Iran will impede OPEC+ efforts to rebalance oil markets in 2019.