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What is a petroleum?

What is a petroleum? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. 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.
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In the second embodiment the enzyme stabilizing system preferably includes a petroleum distillate.
Furniture polishes are petroleum distillates, which are flammable and can cause skin and lung cancer.
Also, it is no longer economically efficient to use natural gas or high-level petroleum distillates as boiler fuel.
For petroleum engineering, this development is the most important aspect, especially when comparing limestone with dolostone sequences.
Mineral spirits, a petroleum distillate fraction, is the most common solvent in oil-based paints.
A popular solvent is mineral spirits, a petroleum distillate composed of aliphatic hydrocarbons.

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