noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
oil/petroleum/sugar refinery
petroleum jelly
refined sugar/oil/petroleum
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
company
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The leaded petrol market is shrinking so fast that some major petroleum companies have discontinued refining leaded petrol.
gas
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Flammable petroleum gas escaping through rock vents created the sacred pillars of fire worshipped by Zoroastrians.
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There, they would reduce the need for oil products such as kerosene and petroleum gas .
industry
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The offshore petroleum industry training organisation has now established a data base to provide details of the courses attended.
jelly
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Take any prescribed drugs with your breakfast and apply the plasters, petroleum jelly etc to help you on your way.
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Have you rubbed on petroleum jelly or applied any necessary plasters?
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A little oil or petroleum jelly on the thread will help.
price
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On Sept. 15 the government raised petroleum prices by 18 percent in an attempt to reduce the fiscal deficit.
product
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As more oilfields were discovered, petroleum products increased by more than 16 times in the 1920s.
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Some is based on observations from real spills; some is projected theoretically from the viscosities and boiling points of petroleum products .
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There were also transport and pipeline problems and overall output of petroleum products was down on 1988.
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Heherson Alvarez said disagreements over the taxation of imported petroleum products has stalled the passage of an oil industry deregulation bill.
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An industry that deals with petroleum products tends, by its nature, to be inherently dangerous.
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Local oil companies want a 10 percent tariff on refined petroleum products and 3 percent duty for imported crude oil.
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Officials said that the move was temporary and that the companies would be paid for supplying petroleum products .
revenue
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Mr Lamont plausibly presented his reforms of petroleum revenue tax as taking sensible cognisance of a much-changed industry.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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petroleum -based plastic
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A petroleum engineer with 3 5 years of international experience.
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For distillation, refining or other processing of petroleum or petroleum products 3.
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Huge industrial sectors built up in the 70s and 80s-including petroleum , telecommunications and automobiles-will be especially vulnerable.
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Local oil companies want a 10 percent tariff on refined petroleum products and 3 percent duty for imported crude oil.
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Plastic-producing petroleum is a finite resource.
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Repsol is a bigger refiner than producer, and buys up to 75 percent of the petroleum it uses.
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Suprex has introduced the Aromatic Analyser which determines the aromatic content of petroleum fuels.
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The gap between low cost and high value makes petroleum a highly political resource.