Where are petrochemicals obtained from?

Answer 1

Crude oil.

As a technical term, petroleum encompasses the liquid (crude oil), gaseous (natural gas), and viscous or solid (bitumen, asphalt) forms of hydrocarbons that occur in the Earth, but the meaning is often restricted to the liquid oil form. In fact , it is a complex mixture of hydrocarbons derived from the geologic transformation and decomposition of plants and animals that lived hundreds of millions of years ago.

Answer 2

I've included a couple of links. Oil shale is a misnomer, as the hydrocarbon in the shale is distinctly different than crude oil. It should be called "kerogen in a shale formation." The kerogen is a hydrocarbon which has not had enough time or the right conditions to mature to oil. So, your question is really, where does shale come from, and where does the kerogen come from. Per the related link: "Oil shale was formed millions of years ago by deposition of silt and organic debris on lake beds and sea bottoms. Over long periods of time, heat and pressure transformed the materials into oil shale in a process similar to the process that forms oil; however, the heat and pressure were not as great." Silt and clays over time form shales. The organic material forms kerogen.

Answer 3

Petrochemicals are primarily obtained from crude oil and natural gas through various refining processes such as distillation, cracking, and chemical reactions. They serve as the building blocks for products like plastics, fertilizers, and pharmaceuticals.

Answer 4

So the energy from petroleum can only be released when the petroleum is burning

Answer 5

We get oil out of the ground. It's the residue remaining after dead plankton and other tiny organisms have spent millions of years decomposing.

Answer 6

petrochemicals are obtained from petroleum.petroleum is obtained from other fossil fuels such as coal or natural gas.

Answer 7

petrolium is a type of fossil fuel. fossil fuels are the bodies of prehistoric animals and plants that have been decying inside the earth for millions of years.

Answer 8

The Sun.