high-paraffin crude

  • 1paraffin wax — paraffin in its solid state. [1870 75] * * * ▪ chemical compound       colourless or white, somewhat translucent, hard wax consisting of a mixture of solid straight chain hydrocarbons ranging in melting point from about 48° to 66° C (120° to 150° …

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  • 2paraffin-base crude — A type of crude oil containing predominantly paraffin hydrocarbons as distinguished from asphaltic and naphthenic base crudes. It is a source of high quality lubricating oils …

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  • 3crude — Synonyms and related words: Doric, abhorrent, abominable, amateurish, arrested, avgas, backward, barbaric, barbarous, barnyard, base, beastly, below contempt, beneath contempt, blatant, blinding, blue, blunt, boorish, brazen, brazenfaced, brusque …

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  • 4crude oil — Synonyms and related words: avgas, crude, ethyl, ethyl gas, fossil oil, gas, gasoline, high octane gas, high test, kerosene, lead free gas, low lead gas, motor oil, paraffin, petrol, petroleum, premium gas, regular, rock oil …

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  • 5high test — Synonyms and related words: avgas, crude, crude oil, ethyl, ethyl gas, fossil oil, gas, gasoline, high octane gas, kerosene, lead free gas, low lead gas, motor oil, paraffin, petrol, petroleum, premium gas, regular, rock oil …

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  • 6paraffin — Synonyms and related words: alcohol, avgas, benzine, briquette, burnable, butane, carbon, charcoal, coal, coal oil, coke, combustible, crude, crude oil, dope, electricity, ethane, ethanol, ethyl, ethyl gas, fireball, firing, flammable, flammable… …

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  • 7Heavy crude oil — or Extra Heavy oil is any type of crude oil which does not flow easily. It is referred to as heavy because its density or specific gravity is higher than of light crude oil. Heavy crude oil has been defined as any liquid petroleum with an API… …

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  • 8Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil — is a type of sweet crude oil. It is found primarily in the Appalachian basin in the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, and takes its name for the state of Pennsylvania, where it was first extracted. Pennsylvania grade… …

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  • 9Bombay High — Oil Rig at Bombay High …

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  • 10petroleum — petroleous, adj. /peuh troh lee euhm/, n. an oily, thick, flammable, usually dark colored liquid that is a form of bitumen or a mixture of various hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in various parts of the world and commonly obtained by drilling:… …

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