Collocations withpetroleum
These are words often used in combination withpetroleum.
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crude petroleum
I understand that the refinery, as at present arranged, will be occupied with the treatment of crude petroleum only.
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imported petroleum
There is a high dependence on imported petroleum products, which make up 6% of total imports.
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petroleum company
Arrangements have been made with the petroleum company to supply oil at a price which makes the cost of generation of electricity the same as if coal were used.
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petroleum deposit
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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petroleum engineering
The petroleum engineering division has about 20 petroleum specialist vacancies.
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petroleum exploration
This reviews the history of petroleum exploration, its ups and down, licensing terms, infrastructure and so forth.
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petroleum geologist
For this reason, any palaeontologist, sedimentologist or petroleum geologist should be interested in this topic and know how to use ichnology.
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petroleum hydrocarbon
This is important, for example, in evaluating the significance of metal and petroleum hydrocarbon contaminants, which are detoxified or degraded by natural processes in more temperate environments.
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petroleum industry
While the petroleum industry certainly boomed during the revolutionary period, oil production began to decline drastically in the 1920s.
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petroleum product
Regulations with respect to petroleum product contamination are much more varied and often relate to underground storage tanks and groundwater aquifers.
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petroleum refinery
Similarly, the firefighter in the neighborhood with the petroleum refinery is paid the same as the firefighter across town in the neighborhood where the buildings never burn.
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petroleum reserve
Gansu has an estimated coal reserve of 8.92 billion tons and petroleum reserve of 700 million tons.
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petroleum sector
Before entering politics, he was engaged in banking and then in the petroleum sector.
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petroleum storage
This clause provides local authorities with powers to deal with petroleum storage tanks which are no longer in use so that they may be made safe.
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refined petroleum
Net imports of refined petroleum are also calculated and included in the total.
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