| English | French |
| conservation of petroleum resources Controlled utilization, protection and development of exploited and potentially exploitable sources of crude oil to meet current demand and ensure future requirements | préservation des ressources pétrolières |
| conservation of petroleum resources | préservation des ressources pétrolières |
| crude petroleum oil | huile brute de pétrole |
| International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association | Association internationale de l'industrie pétrolière pour la sauvegarde de l'environnement |
| International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association | Association internationale de l'industrie pétrolière pour la conservation de l'environnement |
| petroleum chemical | produit pétrochimique |
| petroleum chemical | produit pétroléochimique |
| petroleum consumption Petroleum belongs to non-renewable energy sources; it is a complex substance derived from the carbonized remains of trees, ferns, mosses, and other types of vegetable matter. The principal chemical constituents of oil are carbon, hydrogen, and sulphur. The various fuels made from crude oil are jet fuel, gasoline, kerosine, diesel fuel, and heavy fuel oils. Major oil consumption is in the following areas: transportation, residential-commercial, industrial and for generating electric power | consommation de pétrole |
| petroleum consumption | consommation de pétrole |
| petroleum geology The branch of economic geology that relates to the origin, migration and accumulation of oil and gas, and to the discovery of commercial deposits. Its practice involves the application of geochemistry, geophysics, paleontology, structural geology and stratigraphy to the problems of finding hydrocarbons | géologie des ressources pétrolières |
| petroleum geology | géologie des ressources pétrolières |
| petroleum hydrocarbons | hydrocarbures d'origine pétrolière |
| petroleum industry Manufacturing industry utilizing complex combination of interdependent operations engaged in the storage and transportation, separation of crude molecular constituents, molecular cracking, molecular rebuilding, and solvent finishing to produce petrochemical products | industrie pétrolière |
| petroleum oil | huile de pétrole |
| wastes from petroleum refining | boues et déchets solides contenant des hydrocarbures |
| Wastes from petroleum refining, natural gas purification and pyrolytic treatment of coal | Déchets provenant du raffinage du pétrole, de la purification du gaz naturel et du traitement pyrolytique du charbon |
| wastes from petroleum refining, natural gas purification and pyrolytic treatment of coal | déchets provenant du raffinage du pétrole,de la purification du gaz naturel et du traitement pyrolytique du charbon |
