Oil refinery Summary

Everything you need to understand or teach Oil refinery.

  • 3 Encyclopedia Articles

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Encyclopedia Articles (3)

1,081 words, approx. 4 pages
Oil Refining Oil refining refers to the processes involved in converting crude oil into useful petroleum products. Crude oil is often called "black gold" because of its thick, black consistency and hi... Read more
704 words, approx. 3 pages
Oil Refining Oil refining is a process used to separate crude oil into useable components. Crude oil is also known as petroleum, a term which comes from the Latin words for rock and oil. Petroleum is ... Read more
5,815 words, approx. 20 pages
Refineries The process of refining begins with the delivery of crude oil—a mixture of thousands of different hydrocarbon compounds that must be separated into fractions of varying boiling range... Read more