feedstock
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of feedstock
Example Sentences
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“Implications of this war could be wide because oil is a feedstock for so much of the global economy,” said Edward Fishman, director of the Center for Geoeconomic Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Converting natural gas into flexible chemical intermediates could expand industrial options and gradually decrease reliance on traditional petrochemical feedstocks.
From Science Daily
The recent rise in oil prices could increase naphtha feedstock costs at its unit, potentially widening losses in 1Q, Yap says.
But it is refined from feedstocks that have captured atmospheric CO2, like waste forest or agriculture biomass, instead of fossil fuels that were previously locked away underground.
China remains the largest contributor to growth, while petrochemical feedstock products will represent more than half of this year’s gains, compared with only a third in 2025 when transport fuels dominated growth.
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