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What is the mixture called when crude oil and petroleum come straight from the ground?
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∙ 14y ago
"Petroleum" products are distilled from crude oil, so what comes out of the ground is crude oil.
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What oily substance can seep out of the ground?
Petroleum
What are the large oil storage tanks used by refineries called?
AST's or Above Ground Storage Tanks, majority are an American Petroleum Institute (API) design.
Which metals can be used straight out of the ground?
gold
Is ground nut oil mixture or compound?
As it comes from one source, and contains not other ingredients, it is homogenous. To be a 'mixture' it would need to have something added.
How is petroleum stored in ground formations?
Petroleum occurs in porous and permeable rock which is surrounded by less porous and impermeable rock which prevents or slows its eventual escape to a body of water or the surface.
How is gasoline and oil made out of petroleum?
gas and other stuff are all made out of the stuff that comes out of the ground called petroleum.
Why is petroleum known as crude oil?
Crude oil straight out of the ground is not uniform (clean), but is composed of many fractions which can be extracted simply by weight. Other fractions can be 'cracked' by heat, pressure, solvents and distillation. To distinguish from other, purer oils, the basic material is called 'crude'. Strictly speaking, 'petroleum' itself is a fraction of crude.
How is petroleum recovered from the ground?
Petroleum is recovered from the ground by drilling deeply into the ground. There are also many other Fossil Fuels, if you would like to look them up. They are all taken from the ground.
Define petroleum safety?
Petroleum safety is the absence of injury or illness when using or exposed to petroleum or during its extraction from the ground.
How does petroleum get its power?
it is pumped from the ground BY; ZxLILJOCxZ
What oily substance can seep out of the ground?
Petroleum
What are the materials you get from under the ground?
coal, petroleum
How are petroleum and natural gas taken from the ground?
It is taken from the ground by pumps sucking it out
Can you give me a brief description of oil?
Together with natural gas, it makes up petroleum, which is Latin for "rock oil". Petroleum is basically a mix of naturally occurring organic compounds from within the earth that contain primarily hydrogen, carbon and oxygen. When petroleum comes straight out of the ground as a liquid it is called crude oil if dark and viscous, and condensate if clear and volatile. When solid it is asphalt, and when semi-solid it is tar. There is also natural gas, which can be associated with oil
What is a fossil fuel that is formed in the ground?
Petroleum and coal.
How are petroleum and coals alike?
they both are made from the ground
How do oil geologists find buried petroleum?
petroleum is usually taken form the ground by drilling a narrow hole into a petroleum deposit and simply pumping out the oil
