Gasoline is a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons distilled from crude oil that is used as a fuel for internal-combustion engines. Gasoline was invented after discovery of crude oil in the late 1850s when various refining processes were developed to make...

Gasoline is a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons distilled from crude oil which is used as a fuel for internal-combustion engines. Gasoline was invented after discovery of crude oil in the late 1850s when various refining processes were developed to make...

Crude oil in its natural state has very few practical uses. However, when it is separated into its component parts by the process of fractionation, or refining, those parts have an almost unlimited number of applications. In the first 60 years after...

A fuel used primarily for powering internal COMBUSTION engines and comprising a mixture of highly VOLATILE hydrocarbons derived from the FRACTIONAL DISTILLATION of PETROLEUM. In the USA petrol is known as gasoline. See also:...

Gasoline or petrol is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture consisting mostly of aliphatic hydrocarbons and enhanced with aromatic hydrocarbons toluene, benzene or iso-octane to increase octane ratings, primarily used as fuel in internal combustion...

Directed by Monica Stambrini It is said that books beget books and movies beget movies. (O.k., some books beget movies too, but not in the same way.) The truth of this can be seen in Benzina (Italian for gasoline), one of 250 films...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Here are the widely discussed alternatives to conventional gasoline for power motor vehicles, their benefits and tradeoffs. Reformulated G soline Gasoline modified to contain more oxygen so it burns more completely, thereby reducing emissions of smog-causing hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and...

With gas prices the way they are now, going to a gas station is comparable to visiting a house of prostitution. (Because I try to keep this blog at a PG content level, I'll let you use your imagination to figure out what I mean...

Drivers may find gasoline a little cheaper this summer compared to last, despite a 64-cent-a-gallon jump since January.The Energy Department said Tuesday that the recent sharp rise in gasoline costs is likely to slow in the coming weeks with prices averaging $2.81 a gallon over...