Definition of PETROCHEMICAL

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The attacks crashed computers and wiped data off machines at the National Industrialization Company, one of the few privately owned Saudi petrochemical companies, and Sadara Chemical Company, a joint Saudi Aramco-Dow Chemical venture. — New York Times, "Without Nuclear Deal, U.S. Expects Resurgence in Iranian Cyberattacks," 11 May 2018 Mukesh Ambani earned a reputation for executing large-scale projects and played a crucial role in taking the company into refining and petrochemicals in the 1990s and then telecom and retail in the 2000s. — Fortune, "8 Things to Know About Mukesh Ambani, Asia's Newest Richest Man," 13 July 2018 Its equipment can identify the makeup of a lot of things, so it's commonly used in petrochemical, food and flavorings and other consumer markets, Harris said. — Terry Demio, Cincinnati.com, "Covington business grows with the opioid epidemic," 2 July 2018 Ethane is used in plastics production and as a petrochemical feedstock. — Rye Druzin, Houston Chronicle, "$550 million Texas natural gas project gets tax abatements from Nueces County," 13 July 2018 Vietnamese tailors mixed with Indian petrochemical engineers. — The Economist, "Demography is not destinyBuilding a multiracial coalition is more difficult than it seems," 12 July 2018 His mother was once the mayor of Milan, his father the scion of a petrochemical conglomerate based in Sardinia. — Steff Yotka, Vogue, "Redemption Takes on Rock 'n' Roll at Its Parisian Couture Show," 9 July 2018 Both companies produce industrial and agricultural chemicals, and have significant petrochemical interests. — Stella Yifan Xie And Trefor Moss, WSJ, "China’s Chemical Giants to Share a Chairman, Signaling a Merger," 2 July 2018 Catalonia especially benefitted, attracting international tourists and migrants from elsewhere in Spain looking for work in the machinery, textiles, automotive or petrochemical industries. — Elaine Heinzman, Smithsonian, "How Soup Nourishes Barcelona’s Tradition of Welcoming Immigrants," 30 June 2018

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