crude oil

Noun

Meaning

a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

petroleum crude fossil oil rock oil oil gas fuel gasoline petrol kerosene propylene naphtha fossil fuel butylene coal oil
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Antonyms

refined products refined liquid petroleum product refined petroleum refined petroleum product refined product used oil

Hypernyms

oil fossil fuel

Hyponyms

residual oil resid

Related terms

syncrude

Examples

In 1973, America imported 30 percent of its crude oil needs. Today, that number has doubled to more than 60 percent. Gas prices are as high as they are now in part because we've had no comprehensive national energy policy for the past few decades. Gary Miller

In crude oil trading, we have seen a 46 percent increase over 1 year in the margins there. Peter DeFazio

About 75 percent of the crude oil marketed here is sold off the books, and they are doing trades that would be illegal if it was a regulated market, and of course they do not want to regulate it. Peter DeFazio

This young wine may have a lot of tannins now, but in five or 10 years it is going to be spectacular, despite the fact that right now it tastes like crude oil. You know this is how it is supposed to taste at this stage of development. Itzhak Perlman

Global crude oil demand is increasing, particularly in places like China. Gary Miller

If I think too much about all of those Chinese factories where all the stuff in a Wal-Mart is made, I get that woozy feeling you get when you see ducks covered in crude oil. Douglas Coupland

Close letter words and terms

crude mass crude material crude naphtha crude palm oil crude product crude redneck