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...

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...

Gasoline prices hit new records at the pump again Thursday, while gas and oil futures surged on ongoing concerns that refiners aren't making enough gasoline to meet peak summer driving demand.With the summer driving season set to begin on Memorial Day weekend, in just over...

Pushing the button for regular 87-grade octane, Steve Smith said he thought he was filling his SUV with ethanol-free gasoline. "I don't buy super unleaded, knowing that it's ethanol," Smith said, citing concerns about how ethanol could affect his vehicle.But Smith was buying ethanol-blended gasoline,...