fuel imports
Purchased overseas petroleum
Fuel imports are energy resources—oil, natural gas, coal—brought into a country from foreign sources.
Nations track fuel imports as economic and security indicators, since dependence on imported energy creates vulnerability to supply disruptions and price fluctuations: The country reduced fuel imports by expanding domestic renewable energy production.
- oilSlippery viscous fluid
- crude oilUnrefined fossil fuel
- tankersShips transporting fluids
- pipelinesTubes for transporting fluids
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
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