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crude oil

American  

noun

  1. petroleum as it comes from the ground, before refining.

crude oil British  

noun

  1. petroleum before it has been refined

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crude oil Scientific  
/ kro̅o̅d /

  1. Unrefined petroleum.

Etymology

Origin of crude oil

First recorded in 1860–65

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Gold held above $5,200 a troy ounce and Brent crude oil edged above $70 a barrel ahead of talks between the two powers in Geneva on Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal

She notes the recent surge seen in crude oil prices was due to bets favoring chaos in the Middle East instead of material disruption to physical flows.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ship-to-ship transfers, in which one ship empties—or partially empties—its crude oil into the tanks of another, often in the middle of the ocean, enable crews to conceal the origin of the cargo.

From The Wall Street Journal

Key Brazilian exports to India include sugar, crude oil, vegetable oils, cotton and iron ore.

From Barron's

“This surprisingly bullish data adds to an already red-hot crude oil market amid rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran,” Mike Castle of StoneX says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal

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