42 USC § 6501 - “Petroleum” defined

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title: "42 USC § 6501 - “Petroleum” defined"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "6501"
section_name: "“Petroleum” defined"
chapter_number: 78
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE IN ALASKA"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 94–258, title I, § 101, Apr. 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 303.)"
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# § 6501. “Petroleum” defined

As used in this chapter, the term “petroleum” includes crude oil, gases (including natural gas), natural gasoline, and other related hydrocarbons, oil shale, and the products of any of such resources.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 94–258, title I, § 101, Apr. 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 303.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

> “That this Act [enacting this chapter and
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> , Armed Forces, and amending
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> and sections 7421 to 7436 and 7438 of Title 10] may be cited as the ‘Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976’.”

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