Product Description

                                    Petroleum Products
We use petroleum products to propel vehicles, to heat buildings, and to produce electricity. In the industrial sector, the petrochemical industry uses petroleum as a raw material (a feedstock) to make products such as plastics, polyurethane, solvents, and hundreds of other intermediate and end-user goods. 

Petrol
Around a half of every barrel of crude oil will be used to create petrol to power cars, making it by far the biggest product derived from crude oil across the world.

Diesel
Diesel is a mixture of hydrocarbons with boiling points in the range of **0 **0c, which are obtained from petroleum. Its one of the principal products currently made using crude oil.

Jet fuel
Around *0% of the worlds crude oil currently goes towards creating jet fuel thats used to power the worlds air travel. As with diesel, its a mixture of hydrocarbons with the exact composition varying depending on the petroleum source.

Kerosene
Kerosene is a combustible hydrocarbon widely used in the aviation industry. It has a low-viscosity, and is a clear liquid formed from hydrocarbons. These are obtained from the fractional distillation of petroleum between **0 and **5c.

Paraffin
Paraffin and kerosene are sometimes used interchangeably, but the former is actually a more refined and distilled version of the latter. This makes it more suitable for use at home where it produces less soot when burned.

Heavy fuel oil
Heavy fuel oil (HFO) consists of the residual of petroleum sources once the hydrocarbons of higher quality are extracted via processes such as thermal and catalytic cracking. For this reason, HFO is sometimes referred to as residual fuel oil.

Liquefied Petroleum Gases (LPG)
LPG, sometimes referred to as propane or butane, is a flammable gas used in cooking equipment, home heating and as fuel for cars. In the UK, its frequently used as a home heating source in areas not connected to the mains gas grid.

Petrochemical feedstock
A feedstock is a raw material thats used to provide reactants to create an industrial reaction. A petrochemical is a substance thats made from crude oil using chemical reactions.

Solvents
Petroleum solvents consist of liquid hydrocarbons that are derived from petroleum and petroleum products. These are used in a range of commercial products, in research and across industries.

Lubricants
Mineral oils are lubricating oils that are refined from naturally occurring crude oil. They are composed of ***0% petroleum hydrocarbon distillate with ***0% additives to impart specific properties to the oil.

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