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Petroleum [a] is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture. It consists mainly of hydrocarbons, [1] and is found in geological formations.The term petroleum refers both to naturally occurring unprocessed crude oil, as well as to petroleum products that consist of refined crude oil.
Bottle of mineral oil as sold in Canada. Mineral oil is any of various colorless, odorless, light mixtures of higher alkanes from a mineral source, particularly a distillate of petroleum, [1] as distinct from usually edible vegetable oils.
World oil reserves as of 2013. The petroleum industry, also known as the oil industry, includes the global processes of exploration, extraction, refining, transportation (often by oil tankers and pipelines), and marketing of petroleum products.
Top 5 oil-producing countries 1980–2022 World oil production. This is a list of countries by oil production (i.e., petroleum production), as compiled from the U.S. Energy Information Administration database for calendar year 2023, tabulating all countries on a comparable best-estimate basis.
Anacortes Refinery, on the north end of March Point southeast of Anacortes, Washington, United States Grangemouth Refinery, in Scotland Jamnagar Refinery, the world's largest oil refinery, in Gujarat, India
Total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) is a term used for any mixture of hydrocarbons that are found in crude oil. There are several hundred of these compounds, but not all occur in any one sample.
A kerosene bottle, containing blue-dyed kerosene. Kerosene, or paraffin, is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid which is derived from petroleum.It is widely used as a fuel in aviation as well as households.
LPG storage spheres Two 45 kg (99 lb) LPG gas cylinders in New Zealand used for domestic supply LPG minibuses in Hong Kong A dual fuel LPG-powered Ford Falcon taxicab in Perth, Australia Tank cars in a Canadian train for carrying liquid petroleum gas by rail