Petroleum — Wikipedia views
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The English Wikipedia article on petroleum — crude oil, the liquid hydrocarbon that refineries split into fuels, lubricants and the feedstock for most plastics. Daily readership of it rises when supply is disrupted or fuel prices bite.
Sep 7 · 1,828 views/day · +33.7% vs the window’s open
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| when | value | change |
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| Aug 9low | 1,367 views/day | |
| Aug 10 | 1,539 views/day | +12.6% |
| Aug 11 | 1,728 views/day | +12.3% |
| Aug 12 | 1,692 views/day | −2.1% |
| Aug 13high | 2,648 views/day | +56.5% |
| Aug 14 | 2,179 views/day | −17.7% |
| Aug 15 | 2,143 views/day | −1.7% |
| Aug 16 | 1,810 views/day | −15.5% |
| Aug 17 | 1,815 views/day | +0.3% |
| Aug 18 | 1,687 views/day | −7.1% |
| Aug 19 | 1,685 views/day | −0.1% |
| Aug 20 | 1,718 views/day | +2.0% |
| Aug 21 | 1,672 views/day | −2.7% |
| Aug 22 | 1,554 views/day | −7.1% |
| Aug 23 | 1,567 views/day | +0.8% |
| Aug 24 | 1,852 views/day | +18.2% |
| Aug 25 | 1,966 views/day | +6.2% |
| Aug 26 | 1,626 views/day | −17.3% |
| Aug 27 | 2,131 views/day | +31.1% |
| Aug 28 | 1,729 views/day | −18.9% |
| Aug 29 | 1,736 views/day | +0.4% |
| Aug 30 | 1,569 views/day | −9.6% |
| Aug 31 | 1,802 views/day | +14.9% |
| Sep 1 | 1,855 views/day | +2.9% |
| Sep 2 | 2,092 views/day | +12.8% |
| Sep 3 | 1,878 views/day | −10.2% |
| Sep 4 | 1,969 views/day | +4.8% |
| Sep 5 | 1,811 views/day | −8.0% |
| Sep 6 | 1,900 views/day | +4.9% |
| Sep 7latest | 1,828 views/day | −3.8% |
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The two tankers attacked leaving Hormuz on 2 September, and the closure that followed, put crude at the centre of a widening war; US strikes on three Iranian tankers came days later, and 2 Filipino sailors died aboard the Sidr. American pump prices reached $4.03 a gallon, above the 2012 record, while Washington took a stake in Venezuela's reserves.