petrorevenue

English

Etymology

petro- +‎ revenue

Noun

petrorevenue (uncountable)

1. (rare) Revenue from the export of oil.
   • 2007 December 3, Roger Cohen, “The Limits of 21st-Century Revolution”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Never mind if it takes three weeks to ship oil to China and three days to the United States: Chvez wants to parlay his petrorevenue and pseudorevolution into a global anti-American role.