Petroleum products are materials derived from crude oil (petroleum) as it is processed in oil refineries. Unlike petrochemicals, which are a collection...
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The name petroleum covers both naturally occurring unprocessed crude oil and petroleum products that consist of refined crude oil. Petroleum is primarily...
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Oil refinery (redirect from Petroleum refinery)
oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where petroleum (crude oil) is transformed and refined into products such as gasoline...
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healed, he said, by his miracle product. He opened his first factory in 1870 in Brooklyn using the name Vaseline. Petroleum jelly is a mixture of hydrocarbons...
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pipelines), and marketing of petroleum products. The largest volume products of the industry are fuel oil and gasoline (petrol). Petroleum is also the raw material...
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consumer products. Phenix further points out, "To all intents and purposes, petroleum benzine appears synonymous with petroleum spirit." Petroleum spirit...
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NNPC Limited (redirect from Nigerian National Petroleum Company)
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited is a state oil company in Nigeria. Still a fully-owned government company, it was transformed from...
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useful products such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), gasoline or petrol, kerosene, jet fuel, diesel oil and fuel oils. Refineries and petroleum industries...
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List of oil exploration and production companies (redirect from List of crude petroleum and natural gas companies)
The following is a list of notable companies in the petroleum industry that are engaged in petroleum exploration and production. The list is in alphabetical...
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Petroleum has been a major industry in the United States since the 1859 Pennsylvania oil rush around Titusville, Pennsylvania. Commonly characterized...
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