How to Use petrochemical in a Sentence

petrochemical

noun
Definition of petrochemicalnext
  • About one-fifth of the fees flow from the petrochemical side.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 14 July 2022
  • Our region made the misstep of putting too many eggs in the shale and the petrochemical basket.
    — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2021
  • On Friday, a huge fire broke out at one of the petrochemical plants across the highway from their home.
    — Eric Lipton, New York Times, 5 May 2023
  • The producers of many petrochemicals have been aware of the risks, such as birth defects, for decades.
    — Gerald Markowitz, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
  • In the early 1990s, a sprawling petrochemical plant went up there.
    — Lam Yik Fei Tiffany May, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
  • With the plan comes the chance to lead by example in the nation’s petrochemical corridor.
    — Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2022
  • Higher oil and petrochemical prices have also pushed up the cost of virgin PET plastic, but not by as much.
    — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 12 July 2022
  • Many of the suburbs in the area have a heavy presence of petrochemical facilities.
    — David Phillip and Sean Murphy, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Jan. 2023
  • There's no shortage of petrochemical companies that want to be part of the shift to gasoline that can wear a carbon-neutral badge.
    — Hazel Southwell, Ars Technica, 5 May 2023
  • Those are strong words for a man who was running a petrochemical company.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 31 July 2023
  • Winter storms that shut down petrochemical plants in the Gulf of Mexico have left key products in short supply.
    — New York Times, 1 June 2021
  • And it’s part of a petrochemical industry trend with global scope.
    — Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Two-thirds of our clothes contain petrochemical fibers.
    — Dana Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The natural process was first observed in the 1950s in the petrochemical industry, but scientists did not know what was going on, or even how to use it.
    — John Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Congress needs to put a pause on the race to construct more petrochemical facilities.
    — Judith Enck, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2022
  • That crazy idea may soon stand guard at Galveston Bay, home to the nation's largest export harbor and the biggest petrochemical complex in the Western Hemisphere.
    — Ben Tracy, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Then February’s arctic storms damaged petrochemical plants up and down the Gulf Coast.
    — Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 21 May 2021
  • Workers also protested in Abadan in the Khuzestan Province, which is one of Iran’s most expansive oil and petrochemical hubs.
    — Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 11 Oct. 2022
  • But a far greater worry was potential damage to refineries and petrochemical plants in its path from flooding and storm surge.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2021
  • Jim Ratcliffe, the British petrochemicals billionaire, was on a 5,000-mile motorcycle journey through the Andes a few years ago and feeling pretty bored with the state of sports.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Facility fires are not uncommon in the area, with the strong presence of the petrochemical industry.
    — CBS News, 6 May 2023
  • The petrochemical part of the complex, where the fire happened, makes plastics for consumer products, automobiles, car bumpers and other things.
    — Dan Molinski, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2021
  • The companies would join more than 200 petrochemical, gas and oil refineries that have taken over the region, leaving the air thick with soot from the red flames shooting out of smokestacks and smelling like rotten eggs as the waste burns off.
    — Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Recent annual reports of many petrochemical companies note the shift and warn that a turn away from plastic would hurt bottom lines.
    — Hannah Rappleye, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2021
  • Its maps show more than a dozen plants along the petrochemical corridor vulnerable to flooding.
    — al, 28 Aug. 2021
  • Cady, the meteorologist, said Pasadena and Deer Park are home to houses and petrochemical plants alike.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Ben Brasch and Scott Dance, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Jan. 2023
  • In a video posted by Shanghai residents on social media and reviewed by CNN, at least one explosion took place at the petrochemical plant as the fire billowed.
    — Wayne Chang and Yong Xiong, CNN, 17 June 2022
  • Ineos already has an extensive petrochemical footprint in Houston and other parts of the Gulf Coast.
    — Dallas News, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The Wall Street Journal previously reported that Aramco had slowed the petrochemical project amid a review last year of investments at home and abroad.
    — Benoit Faucon, WSJ, 19 July 2021
  • The area is also home to petrochemical sites and major ports, which could sustain significant damage.
    — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2021

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