Petroleum is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture. It consists mainly of hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations. The term...
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Oil refinery (redirect from Petroleum refinery)
An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where petroleum (crude oil) is transformed and refined into products such as gasoline...
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The petroleum industry, also known as the oil industry, includes the global processes of exploration, extraction, refining, transportation (often by oil...
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Petroleum jelly, petrolatum, white petrolatum, soft paraffin, or multi-hydrocarbon, CAS number 8009-03-8, is a semi-solid mixture of hydrocarbons (with...
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Occidental Petroleum Corporation (often abbreviated Oxy in reference to its ticker symbol and logo) is an American company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration...
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Marathon Petroleum Corporation is an American petroleum refining, marketing, and transportation company headquartered in Findlay, Ohio. The company was...
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BP (redirect from British Petroleum)
BP p.l.c. (formerly The British Petroleum Company p.l.c. and BP Amoco p.l.c.; stylised in all lowercase) is a British multinational oil and gas company...
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Petroleum ether is the petroleum fraction consisting of aliphatic hydrocarbons and boiling in the range 35–60 °C, and commonly used as a laboratory solvent...
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ministry of petroleum or ministry of oil is a kind of government ministry often found in countries that are producers and exporters of petroleum. Examples...
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List of oil exploration and production companies (redirect from List of crude petroleum and natural gas companies)
The following is a list of notable companies in the petroleum industry that are engaged in petroleum exploration and production. The list is in alphabetical...
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Petroleum Institute of Pakistan (PIP), (ادارۂ برائے تنظیمِ صنعتِ پیٹرولیم ، پاکستان) is based in Islamabad, Pakistan. The PIP was established in 1963...
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Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) is an Indian public sector oil and gas company, headquartered in Mumbai. It is India's second-largest government-owned...
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Petroleum products are materials derived from crude oil (petroleum) as it is processed in oil refineries. Unlike petrochemicals, which are a collection...
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Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) is an Indian public sector undertaking in petroleum and natural gas industry, headquartered in Mumbai. It...
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Petroleum is a fossil fuel that can be drawn from beneath the Earth's surface. Reservoirs of petroleum are formed through the mixture of plants, algae...
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petroleum spirit or petroleum spirits in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Petroleum spirit(s) may refer to: Petrol (or Gasoline), a clear petroleum-derived...
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HELLENiQ ENERGY Holdings S.A., formerly known as Hellenic Petroleum S.A. (Greek: Ελληνικά Πετρέλαια Ανώνυμη Εταιρεία, romanized: Elliniká Petrélaia Anónymi...
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A petroleum reservoir or oil and gas reservoir is a subsurface accumulation of hydrocarbons contained in porous or fractured rock formations. Such reservoirs...
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Shell plc (redirect from Shell Petroleum Group)
1988–2015. Shell was formed in April 1907 through the merger of Royal Dutch Petroleum Company of the Netherlands and The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company...
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Liquefied petroleum gas, also referred to as liquid petroleum gas (LPG or LP gas), is a fuel gas which contains a flammable mixture of hydrocarbon gases...
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Vaseline (redirect from Vaseline (petroleum jelly))
is an American brand of petroleum jelly-based products owned by transnational company Unilever. Products include plain petroleum jelly and a selection of...
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the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources. HDIP works closely with the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources. The Petroleum Institute of Pakistan...
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Petroleum engineering is a field of engineering concerned with the activities related to the production of hydrocarbons, which can be either crude oil...
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Engen Petroleum is a South African oil company focusing on the downstream refined petroleum products market and related businesses. The company's core...
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The Somalia Petroleum Corporation (SPC), also known as the Somalia Petroleum Company, is a hydrocarbon exploration and production firm based in Mogadishu...
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Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, formerly the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), is a department under the Nigerian Federal Ministry...
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Petroleum coke, abbreviated coke, pet coke or petcoke, is a final carbon-rich solid material that derives from oil refining, and is one type of the group...
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Petroleum naphtha is an intermediate hydrocarbon liquid stream derived from the refining of crude oil with CAS-no 64742-48-9. It is most usually desulfurized...
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Total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) is a term used for any mixture of hydrocarbons that are found in crude oil. There are several hundred of these compounds...
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The abiogenic petroleum origin hypothesis proposes that most of earth's petroleum and natural gas deposits were formed inorganically, commonly known as...
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