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Example sentences for: petroleum

How can you use “petroleum” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Mrs. Eleanor Sutherland, the vivacious wife of the petroleum magnate, H. R. Sutherland, is hosting a midsummer patio brunch with her friend of many a social season, Grace Walthum, wife of Sam Walthum, considered by many to be the richest man in the state, in honor of Sandra Chapman, the young Illinois debutante and intended wife of Tom Weed, Republican candidate for governor.
USA Today leads with the nationwide gas wars, caused by an oil glut and petroleum industry improvements.
Excluded from the definition of land are the natural resources (that is, depletable resources such as mineral deposits and petroleum; renewable resources such as timber, and the outer-continental shelf resources) related to land.
Today moves toward international mergers and acquisitions are picking up momentum in a broad spectrum of industries, such as financial services, communications, automobiles and petroleum.
Especially at petroleum seeps, this would guarantee a lifelong energy source and help explain the extraordinary longevity of the worms.