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Petroleum comes out of the ground as crude oil. Crude oil has different properties it is not clean and depending on where it is from needs cleaning up and the removal of components that are not desirable in the running of an engine. Crude is divided into many different products ranging from plastic to petrol to highly refined fuels like petrol. To run an engine on straight crude oil you would need a much bigger engine much more fuel and it would prove to be environmentally very bad.You would also need a totally different system for getting the fuel into the cylinders because crude oil is very thick and would not flow or evaporate like petrol
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Does petroleum jelly have gasoline in it?
No, petroleum jelly does not contain gasoline. Petroleum jelly is made from a mixture of mineral oils and waxes, while gasoline is a refined petroleum product used as fuel for engines.
Is petroleum a solid?
No, petroleum is a liquid fossil fuel that is found beneath the Earth's surface. It is a mixture of hydrocarbons that can be refined to produce products like gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel.
What kind of mixture is petroleum?
Petroleum, that is unrefined crude oil is a heterogeneous mixture. These hydrocarbon components are separated and refined in fractional distillation columns. Refined constituents include diesel, fuel oil, and kerosene for example.
Where do we find petroleum?
Petroleum is typically found underground in underground reservoirs and rock formations. It is usually extracted through drilling wells and then refined into various products like gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel.
What is the main difference between crude oil and petroleum oil?
Crude oil is the raw, unrefined form of oil extracted from the ground, while petroleum oil refers to the refined products obtained from processing crude oil, such as gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. Petroleum oil is the end product that is used for various purposes, whereas crude oil is the starting material before refining.
Is petroleum used in motor oil?
Yes . . . motor oil IS refined petroleum.
What does Algeria export?
Algeria exports petroleum gas, crude petroleum, refined petroleum, ammonia, and fertilizer.
What are Algeria's major imports and exports?
Algeria exports crude petroleum, petroleum gas, refined petroleum, coal tar oil and ammonia. They import cars, refined petroleum, delivery trucks, raw iron bars and wheat.
What is Italy's main import?
Italy's main import is crude petroleum. Other important imports include petroleum gas, cars, packaged medicaments and refined petroleum. By contrast, Italy's main exports are refined petroleum and packaged medicaments.
What is basestock?
Basestock is refined petroleum oil with no additives.
What is the process that is used to refined petroleum called?
Cracking
Five resources that Nigeria export to other country's?
Crude Petroleum – $45 billion. Petroleum Gas – $8.6 billion. Refined Petroleum – $940 million. Cocoa Beans – $621 million. Gold – $577 million.
Did crude oil means petroleum?
Petroleum is refined from crude oil and is but one fraction only
What is diesel distilled from?
Petroleum. I'm not sure if it's a distillation process. Diesel is refined from petroleum but I'm not sure how.
Is petroleum a gas or fuel?
petroleum is a fuel but not pure form of fuel it refined to make it pure and from petroleum many components extracted such as CNG, Diesel etc.
Is unrefined oil better than refined oil for cooking?
if its vegetable oil probably refined Try crude petroleum oil.
What kind of natural resouce is gas?
Gas is refined oil which is petroleum. LNG is natural and comes out of the ground that way and is also petroleum.
