petroleum deposit

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petroleum
noun[U]
uk
/pəˈtrəʊ.li.əm/us
/pəˈtroʊ.li.əm/
a dark, thick oil obtained from under the ground, from which various substances including petrol, paraffin, and diesel oil ...
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deposit
noun
uk
/dɪˈpɒz.ɪt/us
/dɪˈpɑː.zɪt/
a substance or layer that is left, usually after a liquid ...
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Economically, with its mass of mineral reserves and its petroleum deposits, which are the greatest in the world, it is the largest underworld bank.
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Natural resources include natural gas, petroleum deposits and beds of bromine flats.
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Measurements of the gravitational gradient are important in applied geophysics, such as the location of petroleum deposits.
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The company is involved in the extraction of petroleum deposits, refining, and distributing petroleum products.
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All petroleum deposits have a capstone, which is generally impermeable to the upward migration of hydrocarbons.
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In addition to important agricultural and industrial sectors, the state also has considerable mineral and petroleum deposits.
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The relationship between the occurrence of organic compounds in sedimentary deposits and petroleum deposits has long been of interest.
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For example, petroleum deposits are worthless unless processes and equipment are developed and employed to extract, refine, and distribute it "profitably".
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The plantation's historical significance lies mostly in the petroleum deposits discovered beneath the grounds of the plantation.
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Large sections of land were bought by eastern capitalists based on favorable reports of petroleum deposits.
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During the war large petroleum deposits were discovered.
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These diamondoids occur naturally in petroleum deposits and have been extracted and purified into large pure crystals of polymantane molecules having more than a dozen adamantane cages per molecule.
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There are petroleum deposits under the rock.
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The country has no known petroleum deposits.
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