All articles starting with P

Petro Ninovskyi (Петро Ніньовський)

Petro Ninovskyi (Петро Ніньовський, born 1998, Kolomyia) is a Ukrainian actor, Vova in Sydorenky-Sidorenky, Demyan in SHTTL, Sasha Shevchenko in Ponies, and a Juilliard MFA graduate.

Petro Poroshenko (Петро Олексійович Порошенко)

Petro Poroshenko (Петро Олексійович Порошенко), Ukrainian businessman and fifth President of Ukraine 2014–2019, Roshen 'chocolate king', lost 2019 to Zelensky 24.45%–73.22%, now leads European Solidarity opposition.

Petro-Canada

Petro-Canada is a Canadian fuel retail and refining brand, created as a federal Crown corporation in 1975 to give Canada a state-owned oil presence, and a Suncor Energy brand since 2009.

Petro-Canada Electric Highway

The Petro-Canada Electric Highway, also called Canada's Electric Highway, is a network of EV fast-charging stations along the Trans-Canada Highway, running from Victoria, British Columbia, to Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, completed in 2019.

Petro-Canada Lubricants

Petro-Canada Lubricants is a Mississauga, Ontario-based manufacturer of base oils, white oils, and finished lubricants, the largest base oil producer in Canada, owned by HF Sinclair since 2017.

Petro-Rabigh Independent Water Steam and Power Project

The Petro-Rabigh Independent Water Steam and Power Project (IWSPP) is a heavy fuel oil-fired power, desalination, and steam plant at Rabigh, Saudi Arabia, serving the Petro Rabigh complex.

Petrobangla

Petrobangla, formally the Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation (বাংলাদেশ তেল, গ্যাস ও খনিজসম্পদ কর্পোরেশন), is Bangladesh's state-owned oil, gas, and mineral corporation, established in 1985 and headquartered in Dhaka.

Oct 22, 2026

Petrobey Mavromichalis

Petrobey Mavromichalis (Πετρόμπεης Μαυρομιχάλης), born Petros Mavromichalis, was the last Bey of Mani and a leading figure of the Greek War of Independence, proclaiming it at Areopoli in 1821.

Petrobras

Petrobras (Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.) is Brazil's state-controlled integrated energy company, created by President Getúlio Vargas in 1953 and one of the world's largest oil and gas producers.

Oct 20, 2026

Petrochelidon

Petrochelidon, a genus of mud-nesting swallows (Hirundinidae) established by Cabanis in 1851, with 11 species including the Cliff Swallow P. pyrrhonota and Cave Swallow P. fulva; formerly merged into Hirundo, restored on genetic grounds.

Petrochemical

Petrochemicals are chemical products derived from converting hydrocarbon feedstocks, typically refinery products or natural gas liquids, into plastics, synthetic fibers, solvents, and fertilizers, mainly through steam cracking.

PetroChina (中国石油天然气股份有限公司)

PetroChina is a Chinese joint stock company formed from CNPC in 1999, the largest oil and gas producer in China, with shares listed in Hong Kong and Shanghai.

Petrochina Beijing Gas Pipeline

PetroChina Beijing Gas Pipeline, now PipeChina Beijing Pipeline Company, owns and operates the Shaanxi-Beijing natural gas pipeline system that has supplied over 95 percent of Beijing's gas since 1997.

Sep 29, 2026

Petrochronology

Petrochronology is the branch of geoscience that links radiometric dates on individual mineral zones to the specific rock-forming processes that produced them, combining isotopic dating with petrographic context.

Petrocurrency

A petrocurrency is the currency of an oil-exporting country, such as the Norwegian krone, Russian ruble, or Canadian dollar, whose value tends to move with oil prices.

Petrodollar recycling

Petrodollar recycling is the return flow of oil-export revenue through import spending or foreign-asset investment, prominent after the 1973 OPEC price shock, channeled via the IMF, Eurocurrency banks, and sovereign wealth funds, and linked to the 1980s Latin American debt crisis.

Petroecuador

Petroecuador, also known as EP Petroecuador or Empresa Pública de Hidrocarburos del Ecuador, is Ecuador's state-owned national oil company, founded in 1989 from CEPE and merged with Petroamazonas in 2021.

Petrofina

Petrofina (Compagnie Financière Belge des Pétroles) was a Belgian integrated oil company founded in Brussels in 1920 and acquired by France's Total in 1999 for $12.9 billion.

Petrogale

Petrogale, rock-wallabies, is an endemic Australian macropodid genus of 17 species (23 chromosomal taxa) living in rocky outcrops; the most chromosomally diverse marsupial genus, a model for chromosomal speciation.

Petroglyph

Petroglyph: rock image made by carving, pecking, or abrading a rock surface, distinct from painted pictographs. Found worldwide; oldest American examples date to about 14,800 years ago; no exact dating method exists.

Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai

Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai, a serial UNESCO World Heritage Site (2011) in Bayan-Ulgii, Mongolia: three rock art sites, Tsagaan Salaa-Baga Oigor, Upper Tsagaan Gol, and Aral Tolgoi, whose carvings span about 12,000 years from mammoth-steppe hunters to Turkic nomads.

Petroglyphs along the Bangucheon Stream

Petroglyphs along the Bangucheon Stream (반구천의 암각화), a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Ulsan, South Korea, inscribed July 2025; Daegok-ri and Cheonjeon-ri rock panels with engravings from 5,000 BCE to the 9th century CE, including rare whale-hunting scenes.

Petroglyphs of Lake Onega and the White Sea

Petroglyphs of Lake Onega and the White Sea (Петроглифы Онежского озера и Белого моря), UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2021 in Karelia, Russia: over 4,500 Neolithic Pit-Comb Ware culture carvings, circa 4500-3500 BCE, in 33 panels at two sites 300 km apart.