(from the article `Saudi Arabia`) ...Syria to its Mediterranean terminal at Sidon, Lebanon. The line was in operation only sporadically during the 1970s, and in 1983 it ceased to ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/51
Pet'ro·line noun (Chemistry) A paraffin obtained from petroleum from Rangoon in India, and practically identical with ordinary paraffin. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/66