Petrochemical - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A petrochemical is a chemical product that is made from petroleum, natural gas or other hydrocarbons.

Some petrochemicals include alcohol, antiseptics, artificial rubber, detergents, drugs, explosives, food additives, insecticides, perfume, plastic, and textile fiber.

• Petroleum
• Petroleum products
• Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

• Petrochemistry in Europe
• Educational resource on petrochemistry
• Article showing some of the basics of a petchem facility Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

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