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What is the factory called when it makes crude oil into useful products?
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∙ 10y ago
This is typically called a refinery.
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What is the factory where crude oil is separated?
Crude oil is separated in an oil refinery which makes a bunch of different byproducts such as airplane gas, kerosene, and alot more. -cooleye101
What things are made from crude oil?
Crude oil is mixture of many compounds. Most of the compounds are composed of hydrogen and carbon, so they are called hydrocarbons. Oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur and various trace metals also can be found in crude oil. When there is significant concentrations of sulfur, the crude is considered sour crude. See links.
What is oil called when it's first pumped out of the ground?
Crude oil.
Why are oil refineries often situated on the coast?
because crude oil is mostly found near sea coast. +++ Not necessarily. It's more to take crude-oil brought in, and to export refined products, by ships.
What percentage of the petrol comes from crude oil?
100% of petrol (gasoline) comes from crude oil. Petrol is extracted from the crude oil. Crude oil is traded in barrels. 1 barrel has 42 US gallons of oil which is equivalent to 158.987 litres. With 1 barrel, 19.5 gallons (73.8 litres) of petrol can be extracted, together with some others products like natural gas, diesel, bitumen and etc.
What is the meaning of refinery of crude oil?
A crude oil refinery is a factory. The factory takes the crude oil, and turns it into useful products, like gasoline.
Factory where crude oil is separated into fuels and other products is called?
Refinery
Where is crude oil converted into useful products?
at the refinery
A factory where crude oil is separated into fuels and other products by heating is called?
Refinery
What is a factory where crude oil is separated into fuels and other products by heating is?
A refinery...
What is a factory where crude oil is separated into fuels called?
That would be a "refinery".
Is crude oil compound or mixture?
Crude oil is a mixture of compounds called hydrocarbons. Many useful materials can be produced from crude oil. It can be separated into different fractions using fractional distillation, and some of these can be used as fuels. Unfortunately, there are environmental consequences when fossil fuels such as crude oil and its products are used.
What do you mean by petroplants?
A factory that processes crude oil into other hydrocarbon products (such as natural gas, gasoline or diesel fuel).
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.
Factories where crude oil is separated into fuels and other products are called?
Refinery
What is the name of a factory where crude oil is made?
Crude oil is not "made". "Crude oil" is the name giving to the raw form of oil that is pumped from the ground.
What can make from crude oil?
Products made from crude oil are called petrochemicals and include hundreds of products. You may also do a seach under petrochemicals and obtain more information. See related link.
