English-Spanish translations for petroleum

• petróleo
  Reservas de petróleo crudo o de productos petrolíferos ( Minimum stocks of crude oil and/or petroleum products (
  Debemos reducir nuestra dependencia de los derivados del petróleo importados. We must lower our dependency on imported petroleum products.
  Debe saberse, por ejemplo, que Shell y British Petroleum se negaron a que el Erika transportara su petróleo. We should be aware, for example, that Shell and British Petroleum refused to use the Erika to transport their oil.

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