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Locating a refinery on the coast allows for easy access for oil tankers to bring oil to refineries. Inland refineries are forced to ship oil via pipelines. While pipelines are a more efficient method of shipping crude oil, a landlocked refinery cannot take advantage of spot cargos of discounted oil.
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Why are oil refineries often situated on the coast?
because crude oil is mostly found near sea coast. +++ Not necessarily. It's more to take crude-oil brought in, and to export refined products, by ships.
How long would the strategic petroleum reserve last the United States in a complete shut down of crude oil refineries?
The simple answer is that if refineries shut down the strategic petroleum reserves (SPR) would not help. The SPR consists of crude oil - unrefined products. While the US consumes about 21.4 million barrels per day of petroleum products, those barrels are refined products: gasoline, jet fuel, diesel, etc.
What can you do with crude oil?
What other thing you can do with crude oil.
What is the major element in crude oil?
the constituents of crude oil are FEUL OIL,LPG, NAPHTHA,GASOLNE ETC
What is the difference between petroleum engineering and oil and gas engineering?
I think petroleum engineering has to do with the discovery of crude oil[hydrocarbons] in it's dark,sticky,viscous stage and lifting it to the surface and passing it to the refineries for the extraction of other components viz petroleum gases,petrol,kerosene . While gas and oil engineering has to do with reserving,distribution of refined oil and gas from crude oil to depots. Ismail Sani Ali.
Why are oil refineries often situated on the coast?
because crude oil is mostly found near sea coast. +++ Not necessarily. It's more to take crude-oil brought in, and to export refined products, by ships.
What did the first refineries produce?
The first refineries produced a way for harvesting crude oil. This occurred in 1854. The crude oil was then processed hand distilling.
How is gasoline obtained from crude oil?
Gasoline is obtained when it is distilled from crude oil, via oil refineries.
Where is crude oil separated into fuel and other products?
At refineries.
How many crude oil refineries in India?
11 working
Where do refineries get there crude oil?
sir,simply is from oil producer country.thanks.
What is the meaning of refinery of crude oil?
A crude oil refinery is a factory. The factory takes the crude oil, and turns it into useful products, like gasoline.
Who many petroleum refineries do you have in Nigeria?
there are three crude oil refineries in Nigeria, portharcourt refinery, warri refinery & kaduna refinery
What comes out of the ground with crude oil?
Natural gas and water may be produced along with the crude oil. For this reason, when the crude oil is produced, it must be processed and the gas and water separated out, so the oil can be sold to refineries.
Can raw crude oil be transported on us inland water ways to refineries?
yes it can
What should be the minimum crude distillation column overhead dew point in oil refineries operatin with sarir crude?
105 - 112
How many gallons of motor oil come fron 42 gallons of crude oil?
That is variable based on the quality of the crude oil, and refineries can also adjust the production of different oils. The majority of crude is converted to fuel.
