Sentence examples for form of petroleum from inspiring English sources

With the right technology, it can also be converted into a form of petroleum known as synthetic crude.

Both use pistons, valves and electronic fuel injection, but the differences go beyond the form of petroleum that goes in the tank.

Energy equivalent to 314.7 million tonnes of oil was either produced indigenously or imported in 2010, of which around half was in the form of petroleum.

Canada has the world's largest proven reserves of bitumen the tar-like form of petroleum found in oil sands but turning it into light crude doesn't come easy.

Shell, facing $360 million in fines for its participation in other cartels — involving synthetic rubber and bitumen, a thick form of petroleum — revealed the paraffin scheme to European Union authorities on March 17 , 2005

Just over half the country's oil comes from tar sands, a mixture of water, sand, clay and bitumen an extremely dense and thick form of petroleum, which usually must be melted before it can be extracted and refined.

Health systems are significant consumers of fossil fuels in the form of petroleum-based medical supplies; transportation of goods, personnel and patients; and fuel for lighting, heating, cooling and medical equipment.

It's the hub of the tar sand country, where oil companies extract a thick, sludgy crude known as bitumen — one of the most carbon-intensive forms of petroleum — from the ground, yet the evacuation was hampered by shortages of fuel.

A lease under this title may provide for the exploration for, and development and production of, petroleum, other than petroleum in the form of oil shale.

Nigeria exports millions of barrels of unrefined petroleum and then turns around to buy some of what it just exported, but in the form of refined petroleum (gasoline).

The most widespread is Autogas, a form of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) designed for use in specially-converted cars.