English-German translations for petroleum

• Erdöl das
  Es heißt, der Boden des Tschad rieche nach Erdöl. It is said that the Chadian soil reeks of petroleum.
  10. Mindestvorräte an Erdöl und/oder Erdölerzeugnissen (10. Minimum stocks of crude oil and/or petroleum products (
  Und wieder dachte ich: 'Eine kleine Katastrophe, dieser Mangel an Benzin und Erdöl. Again, I thought: 'a bit of a problem this lack of petrol and petroleum.

Definition of petroleum

• a flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under the Earth's surface

Related words

• petrol
• gasoline
• gas