Definitions containing the term petroleum
What does petroleum mean?
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| BP | Beyond Petroleum | ||||
| OXY | Occidental Petroleum Corporation | ||||
| APC | Anadarko Petroleum Corporation | ||||
| NPC | National Petroleum Council | ||||
| RD | Royal Dutch Petroleum Company | ||||
| POL | Petroleum, Oils, and Lubricants | ||||
| PJ | Petroleum Jelly | ||||
| PEI | Petroleum Equipment Institute | ||||
| VPI | Vintage Petroleum, Inc. | ||||
| PAD | Petroleum Administration for Defense | ||||
| GDP | Goodrich Petroleum Corporation | ||||
| TSO | Tesoro Petroleum Corporation | ||||
| LP | Liquid Petroleum | ||||
| RPA | Reusable Petroleum Absorbent | ||||
| STP | Scientifically Treated Petroleum | ||||
| IPDS | Inland Petroleum Distribution System | ||||
| PVE | Petroleum Violation Escrow | ||||
| BP | British Petroleum | ||||
| BP | Blair Petroleum | ||||
| PERF | Petroleum Environmental Research Forum | ||||
| UPT | United Petroleum Transports | ||||
| APT | Applied Petroleum Technology | ||||
| BP | Better Petroleum | ||||
| PES | Petroleum Engineering Services | ||||
| SEV | Seven Seas Petroleum, Inc. |
What does petroleum mean?
- pe•tro•le•um(n.)
- an oily, thick, flammable, usu. dark-colored liquid that is a form of bitumen or a mixture of various hydrocarbons, occurring naturally and commonly obtained by drilling: used as fuel, or separated by distillation into gasoline, naphtha, benzene, kerosene, paraffin, etc.