petrofiction noun2 •fiction that focuses on the oil industry as a major element.Further, for Middle Eastern petrofiction, such as Abdelraman Munif's novel Cities of Salt, the novel can seem an unfortunate appropriation of the Western form rather than an indigenous form. — 2013 •Fiction that deals with modern culture's dependency on petrochemicals.This neglect of water exists in spite of a growing trend towards reading literature for its representations of resources, most prominently in the subject of 'petrofiction'. — 2015 formspetrofictions