Such a price would make it competitive with petroleum-derived diesel.

At present, many bioproducts are more costly to produce than their petroleum-derived counterparts.

To distinguish these types, petroleum-derived diesel is increasingly called petrodiesel.

Two million tons of petroleum-derived ethanol are produced annually.

Petroleum-derived distillates have not been shown to be carcinogenic in humans.

The researchers also found no evidence that petroleum-derived bituminous compounds were used, as has often been speculated.

Most of the chemicals in the new Clorox products come from plant sources, the company said, with virtually no petroleum-derived ingredients.

It would take an oil price around 70€/barrel to make biofuels break even with conventional petroleum-derived diesel and gasoline.

Petroleum-derived naphthalene is usually purer than that derived from coal tar.

Mineral oil: A petroleum-derived oil (as opposed to vegetable oils).

Gasoline, or petrol, is a transparent, petroleum-derived liquid that is used primarily as a fuel.

Many of the opportunities to substitute biomass-derived chemicals for petroleum-derived ones are tied to price of oil.

Associations between several sites of cancer and twelve petroleum-derived liquids: Results from a case control study in Montreal.

Petroleum-derived pitch is black in colour, hence the adjectival phrase, "pitch-black".

Petroleum-derived diesel is often called petrodiesel if there is need to distinguish the source of the fuel.

VCM is among the top twenty largest petrochemicals (petroleum-derived chemicals) in world production.

The most common solvent is petroleum-derived hexane.

"There is no direct benefit to the Department of Defense or the services from using alternative fuels rather than petroleum-derived fuels," the study said.

While petroleum-derived gasoline is the primary fuel, it is possible to mix in varying levels of ethanol created from renewable energy sources.

A drawback to the substance was that early coal- and petroleum-derived paraffin waxes had a very low melting point.

But the medical system is dependent on cheap crude in myriad ways, from petroleum-derived pharmaceuticals and instruments to remote rural ambulance runs.

(Artificial flowers can also be constructed from cellulose-based rayon or petroleum-derived polyester.

When it comes to replacing petroleum-derived chemicals, the Department of Energy has ranked the biomass-derived compounds best suited for the job.

These so-called second generation biofuels can be used as drop-in substitutes for traditional petroleum-derived hydrocarbon fuels.

A few burn petroleum-derived liquids, such as diesel oil and jet fuel, but they are usually more expensive than natural gas, so their use is limited.