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
• Oil could be the big save, as the U.S. relies on the two countries for over half of its petroleum imports.
  — Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 3 Feb. 2025
• 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
• This is the third time Biden has turned to the strategic petroleum reserve in a little over four months.
  — David Koenig and Cathy Bussewitz, Chron, 31 Mar. 2022
• The petroleum business is an odd one, with strange cycles of boom and bust.
  — Erik Sherman, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
• More than half of what the U.S. buys from Russia are petroleum crude and oil products.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2022
• The Navy hasn’t determined how the petroleum got in the water.
  — NBC News, 8 Mar. 2022
• This would be the third time Biden has had to tap into the strategic petroleum reserve.
  — Justin Gomez, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2022
• It’s made from petroleum and was approved for foods in 1907.
  — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 15 Jan. 2025
• As with petroleum, rising home prices are the result of a lack of supply.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 30 July 2021
• The Navy last week said a water sample from one of its wells showed the presence of petroleum products.
  — CBS News, 6 Dec. 2021
• 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
• As the article notes, 40% of our corn is made into the ethanol that is mixed with petroleum fuels.
  — Star Tribune, 22 July 2021
• Companies have been promising to get rid of the petroleum dyes for years.
  — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025
• Russia would have less leverage over the rest of the world, and the White House wouldn't have to go hat in hand to monarchies whose rule is propped up by their petroleum reserves.
  — Joel Mathis, The Week, 11 Mar. 2022
• 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
• The Glenn Pool Oil Field would be one of the nation’s most bountiful producers of petroleum for years to come.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Mar. 2021
• 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
• While many coatings are petroleum-based, Shel-life is plant-based.
  — Shayna Harris, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2021
• In the 1870s, petroleum began to replace whale oil as a fuel.
  — Ryan Jones, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2022
• The Navy hasn’t determined how petroleum got in the water.
  — Lolita C. Baldor, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Mar. 2022
• Unlike the twin oil shocks of the 1970s, petroleum today is in abundant supply.
  — Paul A. Eisenstein, NBC News, 28 Apr. 2021
• The oil price shock also will drive up the cost of jet fuel, transportation and the countless products made from petroleum.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 3 Mar. 2022
• The latest move comes on top of a previous Trump administration move to restore oil and gas drilling on 13 million acres of the petroleum reserve that had been blocked by Biden.
  — Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 17 June 2025
• Particularly in Vietnam, the Mekong is filled with barges hauling petroleum, cement, steel, and coal.
  — David Swanson, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2025