Probably, if not they are REALLY close. I hope that helped some. :D
You don't crack Petroleum. Petroleum is one of the distillates of cracking crude oil.
Heat exchanger for 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).
Most of the crude oil is used to obtain... Motor Gasoline, diesel, heating oil, jet fuel, and liquefied petroleum gases.
It separates crude oil into fractions consisting of compounds with similar properties
Petroleum
Petroleum is refined from crude oil and is but one fraction only
crude oil is a petroleum
"Petroleum" products are distilled from crude oil, so what comes out of the ground is 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).
Petroleum = petra, Greek = rock, and oleum, Latin = oil. So we have an oil from rock. And by common usage, all substances deriving from it.
crude oil
Petroleum is a crude oil that is used to produce gasoline.
crude oil
You don't crack Petroleum. Petroleum is one of the distillates of cracking crude oil.
Crude oil is processed to obtain petroleum products.
You may be thinking of petroleum.