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What is a factory where crude oil is separated into fuels and other products by heating is?
A refinery...
What is blco in oil industry?
BLCO means "Bonny Light crude oil" which is a crude from Nigeria.
How much other product in a barrel of crude oil except gasoline?
There is jet fuel, asphalt, petroleum gas, kerosene, heating oil, and lubricating oil. These are all set at different levels of the fractional distillation tower that is used to separate all these products from its original state as crude oil. Then they are tubed off to where they need to go.
What is another name for petroleum oil?
crude oil
What is basestock?
Basestock is refined petroleum oil with no additives.
What is petol made out of?
Petrol is made out of crude oil which is a natural resource. When the crude oil is refined, petrol is produced in addition to other by-products like diesel.
How much gasoline is made from a barrel of crude oil?
It varies alot. The minimum value is zero- as some crude oil are refined into other products. So, let's assume this is a crude that is economical to refine into gasoline. In this case , it can be as low as 2 gallons or as high as 23 gallons. (1 bbl = 42 gallons) Expressed as a percentage of the crude oil, this is 5 to 55%. (See attached links). The crude oil not refined as gasoline will be refined for other products. Common refined products from crude oil are provided in the related link, and will differ depending on the properties of the crude oil. It's very interesting that after refining, there will be more gallons of produced products than the original barrel of crude oil.
Is oil man made or natural?
Crude oil is a natural product, it's refined by man into the products we all use.
Why does crude oil need to be refined?
Once crude oil is refined there are a variety of marketable products for profit. Crude oil can only be used directly as a fuel in certain steam engines, once refined there are many more options.
What is gasoline made out of?
It is refined from crude oil
What were some of the first products refined from crude oil?
One of the first commercially viable products refined from crude was Kerosene, which was the "hurricane lamp" fuel of the later 1800's.
How is plastic made into oil?
It's the other way around. Oil is made into plastic during the riefining process, when crude oil is refined to use in your car, and many other products.
Is gasoline made from petroleum?
yes, both are made from refined crude oil,
What word is the opposite word crude?
Refined .A bit more:Refined could apply to oil and people. Crude oil is oil as it is pumped from the ground, before it's refined and made into gasoline, etc. Crude people are those who are not "refined", as in lacking a certain type of class.
How does crude oil turn in energy?
Crude Oil is refined into gasoline.
How do you convert barrel of crude oil to barrel of refined oil?
After crude oil is removed from the ground, it is sent to a refinery by pipeline, ship, or barge. At a refinery, different parts of the crude oil are separated into usable petroleum products.
What is NWE Platts?
Regarding Crude Oil or Refined Products? NWE is North West Europe, and Platts is a pricing agency that defines contracts for crude oil and refined products. Eg. Platts NWE Fuel Oil is the price of the Platts fuel oil futures contract at the Rotterdam NWE delivery point.
