Crude Oil

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does anyone know anything about crude oil and can you tell my anything with it in?

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Crude Oil is the source of many important products which are obtained in a process called fractional distillation. These products include refinery gas, petrol (used in cars), naphtha (medicines and household products), kerosene(aviation fuel), diesel oil (trucks and lorrys), lubricating oil (lubricant), fuel oil (ships), bitumen (tarring roads). This process is based on the boiling points of the different products and are separated out of a fractionating column based on their boiling points.

a) Why is the demand for diesel oil and residue greater in winter than in summer? b) Why is the demand for petrol fairly constant in summer and winter? c) What could an oil company do to cope with the changing demand between summer and winter?

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may be diesel engines work better during winter .diesel is less expensive.the engine got to work more and there is more oil needed.so people turn to diesel petrol shows same perfomances due to greater octane number the company can demand for the goods which r needy

does anyone know anything about crude oil and can you tell my anything with it in?

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Crude oil is typically found deep in the ground in most often limestone formations. It does not accumulate in lakes underground but is in the porous formations. There are different crude oils depending on their locations. The main differences between them is the API (specific gravity) and also their sulphur content.Crude which has very little sulphur is referred to as "sweet crude" and with hight sulphur content "sour crude". The gravity of course is most important as when it has a high gravity it is easier to refine and has a much higher gasoline content. The lower gravity crude demands more energy to refine and you don't get as much light product from it. The heavy crude will tend to give more distillate (diesel and Jet fuel ) along with bunker (black oil) and you can produce asphalt from this oil.Typically you can produce ethane methane propane butane light stream gasoline, jet fuel, diesel oil and fuel oil from crude oil. These products can also be taken to further steps of refining in order to produce more gasoline or improved qualities in the gasoline like octane improvement( called cat cracking process, or reforming) . Crude oil can also be found in sand formations even at the surface of the ground where it is called "Tar Sands". The largest tar sands deposits are found in Northern Alberta, Canada. The process to recover the oil from the sand is costly but worthwhile when the price of crude is high like today. It requires a lot of heat energy to separate the oil from the sand. Hopefully this is a help to you, I worked with crude oil for 45 years.

guys.. what are the benefits of a crude oil?.

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Check the wikipedia entry. This is the second question about this today. Do people *really* not know what crude oil/petroleum is?!?!

which is the best description of crude oil, please choose one? a pure oil a mixture of elements a pure compound a mixture of compounds

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Crude Oil is a mixture of compounds because it is made up of hydrocarbons (hydrogen and carbon atoms). When two elements combine together, they make a compound so it is a mixture of compounds. Hope This Helps!