Gas

You may be looking for petrol, also known as gas.

Gas was a state of matter.

Earth at an early stage of its development was an enormous mass of superhot gases surrounding a core of molten rock. Over millions of years, the sun "eroded away" the gases, causing the planet to solidify. (AUDIO: Exploration Earth)

The Twelfth Doctor claimed to know of a race made of sentient gas who threw fireballs as a "friendly wave". (TV: Flatline)

The Empty Child plague caused gas masks to be fused to the skin of people's faces. (TV: The Empty Child)

In the early 21st century, caesofine gas was released into the Earth's atmosphere by ATMOS. (TV: The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky)

The Gelth were made of gas. When a human body decomposed, they produced gas. According to the Ninth Doctor, the Gelth could "slip inside [the body and] use it as a vehicle, just like [Charles Dickens'] driver and his coach". (TV: The Unquiet Dead)