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petroleum oily, flammable liquid that occurs naturally in deposits, usually beneath the surface of the earth; it is also called crude oil. It consists principally of a mixture of hydrocarbons , with traces of various nitrogenous and sulfurous compounds. Origin and Natural Occurrence Duri... Read more
Petroleum V. Nasby
Petroleum V. Nasby pseud. of David Ross Locke, 1833-88, American journalist and satirist, b. Vestal, N.Y. Locke was editor of the Findlay, Ohio, Jeffersonian when he first became prominent by publishing (1861) in it the Nasby letters. The writer, Petroleum Vesuvius Nasby, was ostensibly an ig... Read more
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), multinational organization (est. 1960, formally constituted 1961) that coordinates petroleum policies and economic aid among oil-producing nations. Its Board of Governors and board chairperson are elected by member nations; OPEC's headquarters a... Read more
OPEC
OPEC Acronym for Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries... Read more
ethane
ethane , CH 3 CH 3 , gaseous hydrocarbon. It is a continuous-chain alkane . As a constituent of natural gas, it is used for fuel. It can be prepared by cracking and fractional distillation of petroleum. ... Read more
Morgan City
Morgan City city (1990 pop. 14,531), St. Mary parish, S La., a fishing port on the Atchafalaya River (connected to the Intracoastal Waterway ); inc. 1860 as Brasher, renamed 1876. The city is headquarters for offshore petroleum drilling and has oil and gas wells. Also in Morgan City are shipyards,... Read more
Willemstad
Willemstad , city (1992 pop. 24,235), Curaçao , capital of the Netherlands Antilles . The city is the commercial and industrial center of the Netherlands Antilles as well as a free port and tourist center. It is important as a transshipment point and refining center for petroleum sent acros... Read more
naphtha
naphtha , term usually restricted to a class of colorless, volatile, flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures. Obtained as one of the more volatile fractions in the fractional distillation of petroleum (when it is known as petroleum naphtha), in the fractional distillation of coal tar (coal-tar napht... Read more
benzine
benzine , colorless, highly flammable liquid. It is used as a cleaning agent because it is a solvent for organic substances such as fats, oils, and resins and is also used in the preparation of certain dyes and paints. Benzine is a mixture of hydrocarbons, chiefly alkanes such as pentane and hexane.... Read more
Caernarvon
Caernarvon , Welsh Caernarfon, town (1981 pop. 9,506), Gwynedd, NW Wales, on Menai Strait. Petroleum is imported and slate exported. Tourism is important. The castle, begun by Edward I c.1284, is a fine example of a medieval fortress. The Prince of Wales is invested at Caernarvon. ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "petroleum"

Petroleum Industry
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History PETROLEUM INDUSTRY Crude oil seeps from the earth...first U.S. well, specifically to find petroleum, in Titusville, (Oil Creek) Pennsylvania...system. In 1861 the first full-fledged petroleum refinery in the United States opened...
Petroleum
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science Petroleum Petroleum is a term describing a variety of liquid hydrocarbons generally found...rocks. Some scientists also include natural gas in their definition of petroleum. The most familiar types of petroleum are tar, oil, and natural...
petroleum
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition petroleum oily, flammable liquid that occurs naturally...layers of rock. It is believed that petroleum consists of the remains of these organisms...which are the principle source rocks for petroleum. Among the leading producers of petroleum...
SIC 4613 Petroleum Pipelines, Refined
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...covers establishments primarily engaged in the pipeline transportation of refined petroleum products of petroleum, such as gasoline and fuel oil. Linking all petroleum pipeline industries together is Industry Group 461: Pipelines, Except Natural...
SIC 5172 Petroleum and Petroleum Products Wholesalers, Except Bulk Stations and Terminals
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries SIC 5172PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS WHOLESALERS, EXCEPT BULK STATIONS AND TERMINALS This industry class consists of wholesale distributors of petroleum and petroleum products (except those with bulk liquid storage facilities...
SIC 5171 Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...AND TERMINALS This industry consists of companies that wholesale crude petroleum and petroleum products from bulk liquid storage facilities. Distributors of liquefied petroleum gas from bulk liquid storage facilities are also included. NAICS Code...
SIC 2999 Products of Petroleum and Coal, Not Elsewhere Classified
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries SIC 2999PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED...powdered fuel, and other products of petroleum and coal not elsewhere classified. Products in this industry include calcined petroleum coke, regular petroleum coke, fireplace...
SIC 4612 Pipelines, Crude Petroleum
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries SIC 4612PIPELINES, CRUDE PETROLEUM This category covers establishments...pipeline transportation of crude petroleum. Field gathering lines are classified...in the pipeline transportation of petroleum and other commodities, except natural...
SIC 4925 Mixed, Manufactured, or Liquefied Petroleum Gas Production and/or Distribution
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...4925MIXED, MANUFACTURED, OR LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS PRODUCTION AND/OR DISTRIBUTION...distributing manufactured gas, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), or mixtures of manufactured...natural gas from naphtha, and liquefied petroleum gas distributed through mains. Establishments...
petroleum industry
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History petroleum industry. The industry came to maturity...bitumen discovered in 1786. In 1847 a petroleum seepage was discovered in a Derbyshire...technology. He wrongly imagined that the petroleum had been condensed from the coal and...

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Petroleum Prospecting and Technology
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History PETROLEUM PROSPECTING AND TECHNOLOGY PETROLEUM PROSPECTING AND TECHNOLOGY. Residents of North America knew...evidence, including oil seeps, paraffin dirt (soil with petroleum elements), and sulfurous gases. People drilling for salt...
Petroleum Industry
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History PETROLEUM INDUSTRY PETROLEUM INDUSTRY. Petroleum, Latin for "rock oil, " fuels 60 percent of all energy humans use. It also provides the raw material for synthetic cloth, plastics, paint, ink, tires, drugs and medicines, and many other...
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ) An international...of energy. The Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), based...coordinate the different aspects of the Arab petroleum industry, and safeguard its members...
petroleum
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology petroleum( crude oil ) Naturally occurring liquid hydrocarbons formed by the anaerobic...formation but migrates to a suitable structural or lithological trap. Petroleum is frequently associated with salt water and with gaseous hydrocarbons...
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
Book article from: A Dictionary of Business and Management Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ) An organization created in 1960 to unify and coordinate the petroleum policies of member countries and to protect their interests, individually and collectively. Present members are Algeria...
petroleum revenue tax
Book article from: A Dictionary of Business and Management petroleum revenue tax ( PRT ) A tax on the profits from oil and gas extraction in the UK first imposed in 1975. This tax was the principal...
petroleum geology
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences petroleum geology Study of the mode of origin and conditions of accumulation of hydrocarbons in the Earth's crust; their exploration, involving the application of the techniques of geophysics , geochemistry , palaeontology , stratigraphy , and tectonics ; and their evaluation.
International Petroleum Exchange
Book article from: A Dictionary of Business and Management International Petroleum Exchange ( IPE ) An exchange, founded in London in 1980, that deals in futures contracts and options (including traded options...
petroleum jelly
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English pe·tro·le·um jel·ly • n. a translucent jelly consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons, used as a lubricant or ointment.
Petrochemical Industry
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...petrochemicals — chemicals derived from petroleum or natural gas. Crude oil, or petroleum fresh out of the ground, has been used sporadically...and cooking, was the primary product of the petroleum industry in the 1800s. Rockefeller and other...

Thesaurus entries related to "petroleum"

oil
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...car has enough oil we heat our house with oil synonyms : lubricant, lubrication, grease; crude, crude oil, fuel oil, petroleum; informal black gold; humorous Texas tea.   2. brown the beef in hot oil synonyms : cooking oil, vegetable oil...
engineer
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...electrical electromechanical electronic environmental genetic geoenvironmental geophysical geotechnical human industrial knowledge mechanical mechatronic metallurgical mineral petroleum nuclear software structural systems textile transportaion
fuel
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus fuel • noun   1. the car ran out of fuel synonyms : gas, gasoline, diesel, petroleum, propane; power source; Brit. petrol.   2. she added more fuel to the fire synonyms : firewood, wood, kindling...

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Chinese Markets for Petroleum Resins Provides Long-Term Forecasts Through To 2012 And 2017.
M2 Presswire; 5/14/2009; 700+ words ; ...Research and Markets: Chinese Markets for Petroleum Resins Provides Long-Term Forecasts...addition of the "Chinese Markets for Petroleum Resins" report to their offering. Chinas demand for Petroleum Resins has grown at a fast pace in the...
Petroleum coke demand grows steadily.(MARKET REPORT: Petrochemicals)
Magazine article from: China Chemical Reporter; 10/6/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...demand balance in the world The output of petroleum coke in the world increased from 83 million...2%. The United States is the major petroleum coke producer and the output accounts...the world total. The consumption of petroleum coke in the world increases with the...
Petroleum supply summary table.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Petroleum Supply Monthly; 7/1/2002; 700+ words ; Table H1. Petroleum Supply Summary (Million Barrels per...1 Jet Fuel 1.6 1.5 0.1 Other Petroleum Products (b) 4.8 4.7 0.1 Crude...Crude Oil 9.1 9.2 -0.1 Strategic Petroleum Reserve (s) (s) (s) Other 9...
Petroleum supply summary table.
Magazine article from: Petroleum Supply Monthly; 1/1/2003; 700+ words ; Table H1. Petroleum Supply Summary (Million Barrels per...s) Jet Fuel 1.7 1.6 0.1 Other Petroleum Products (b) 4.8 4.8 (s) Crude...Crude Oil 8.8 9.6 -0.7 Strategic Petroleum Reserve (s) (s) (s) Other 8...
Petroleum Supply Summary Table.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Petroleum Supply Monthly; 8/1/2002; 700+ words ; Table H1. Petroleum Supply Summary (Million Barrels per...s) Jet Fuel 1.6 1.6 (s) Other Petroleum Products (b) 4.8 4.7 0.1 Crude...Crude Oil 9.0 9.2 -0.2 Strategic Petroleum Reserve 0.0 (s) (s) Other 9...
Petroleum economist cartographic.(Illustration)
Magazine article from: Petroleum Economist; 5/1/2005; 700+ words ; ...del Ecuador (PETROECUADOR) Jamaica Petroleum Corp. of Jamaica (PETROJAM) Nicaragua...Maatschappij Suriname Trinidad & Tobago Petroleum Co. of Trinidad &Tobago Ltd (PETROTRIN...og Naturgas (DONG) Greece Heelenic Petroleum Greenland Nunaoil Ireland Irish National...
Petroleum Place Appoints Steven H. Pruett as President.
PR Newswire; 8/5/2002; 700+ words ; DENVER -- Petroleum Place, a leading provider of Internet...has joined the company as president. Petroleum Place, Inc. is the parent company of The Oil & Gas Asset Clearinghouse, Petroleum Place Energy Advisors, and Paradigm...
Addax Petroleum Secures Deep Water Drillship.
PR Newswire Europe; 3/6/2007; 700+ words ; ...the United States, Australia or Japan Addax Petroleum Corporation ("Addax Petroleum" or the "Corporation" or "AP") (TSX...second quarter of 2008. Commenting today, Addax Petroleum's President and Chief Executive Officer...
Petroleum supply summary, 2002.(Supply/Demand)(Illustration)
Magazine article from: National Petroleum News; 7/15/2003; 700+ words ; Petroleum Supply Summary, 2002 (000,000 b...Jet Fuel 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.7 Other Petroleum Products (a) 4.9 5.0 4.8 4...Oil 8.6 8.6 8.7 9.1 Strategic Petroleum Reserve -- 0.1 0.0 0.0 Other 8...
Quarles Petroleum, Inc. Selects TelaPoint's Internet Petroleum Supply Chain Solution; Virginia based convenience store operator and heating oil, propane, fleet fuel and petroleum marketer implements TelaFuel to manage fuel replenishment processes.
PR Newswire; 2/22/2005; 700+ words ; ...software provider for the Convenience Store and Petroleum industry, announced today that Quarles Petroleum, Inc. has selected its TelaFuel(TM...Quarles Food Stores. With TelaFuel, Quarles Petroleum is electronically processing fuel replenishment...