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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.
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.
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.
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
Because of the low quality of bunker fuel, when burnt it is especially harmful to the health of humans, causing serious illnesses and deaths. Prior to the IMO's 2020 sulfur cap, shipping industry air pollution was estimated to cause around 400,000 premature deaths each year, from lung cancer and cardiovascular disease, as well as 14 million childhood asthma cases each year.
A structure map, looking downward, generated by contour map software for an 8,500-ft-deep gas and oil reservoir in the Erath Field, Erath, Louisiana.The left-to-right gap near the top indicates a fault line between the blue and green contour lines and the purple, red, and yellow lines.
Some important oil booms around the world include: Mexican oil boom (Mexico, 1977–1981); Pennsylvanian oil rush (United States, 1859); Texas oil boom (United States, early 1900s–1940s)
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.