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Petroleum is refined from crude oil and is but one fraction only
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What is Crude oli?
crude oil is a petroleum
What is the mixture called when crude oil and petroleum come straight from the ground?
"Petroleum" products are distilled from crude oil, so what comes out of the ground is crude oil.
Is petroleum the other name for crude oil?
No, not actually. Crude oil is one type of petroleum. Petroleum is a common term for the liquid (crude oil), gaseous (natural gas), and viscous or solid forms (bitumen and asphalt).
What is the difference between crude oil and petroleum?
Petroleum is a word derived from Latin: Petra - rock, oleum - oil. Thus, in direct translation petroleum means oil from rock and is commonly regarded as a very close synonym of Crude Oil. However, according to Britannica Encyclopedia, petroleum as a technical term encompasses: the liquid (crude oil), gaseous (natural gas), and viscous or solid forms (bitumen and asphalt).
What is another name for petroleum oil?
crude oil
Is petroleum a gas?
Petroleum is a crude oil that is used to produce gasoline.
Crude oil is the same thing as?
Petroleum
What are other names for petroleum?
crude oil
Why do you crack petroleum?
You don't crack Petroleum. Petroleum is one of the distillates of cracking crude oil.
Petroleum products are obtained from?
Crude oil is processed to obtain petroleum products.
What is a crude oil that starts with pet?
You may be thinking of petroleum.
What is another name for petroleum?
Petrol. actually its oil.
