liquefied petroleum gas

  • 11liquefied natural gas — ▪ chemical compound       natural gas (primarily methane) that has been liquefied for ease of storing and transporting. LNG takes up about 1/600 the space that natural gas does in its gaseous form, and it can be easily shipped overseas. LNG is… …

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  • 12liquefied petroleum gas — noun → LPG …

  • 13compressed petroleum gas. — See liquefied petroleum gas. * * * …

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  • 14compressed petroleum gas. — See liquefied petroleum gas …

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  • 15liquified petroleum gas — abbr. LPG Liquified petroleum gas is a light hydrocarbon bottled gases butane and propane and auto motive LPG (often called autogas) are examples which is gaseous at normal room temperature and atmospheric pressure. Easily liquefied under… …

    Petroleum refining glossary

  • 16Liquefied Petroleum Gases —   A group of hydrocarbon based gases derived from crude oil refining or natural gas fractionation. They include ethane, ethylene, propane, propylene, normal butane, butylene, isobutane, and isobutylene. For convenience of transportation, these… …

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  • 17Petroleum Development Oman — Petroleum Development of Oman PDO شركة تنمية نفط عمان Type Government owned corporation Industry Oil Gas Founded 1925 (as Petroleum Development of Oman and Dhofar ) 1967 (as Petroleum Development Oman ) Headquarters …

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  • 18Petroleum (disambiguation) — Petroleum is a naturally occurring, flammable hydrocarbon.The term may also refer to:*Petroleum coke *Petroleum engineering *Petroleum ether *Petroleum geochemistry *Petroleum geology *The petroleum industry *The Petroleum Institute *Petroleum… …

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  • 19Gas (disambiguation) — Gas may refer to: Science and technology: gases and liquids * Gas, one of the phases of matter * Gasoline, a refined fossil fuel, also called petrol * Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), also called cooking gas , which includes propane and butane *… …

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  • 20petroleum refining — Introduction  conversion of crude oil into useful products. History Distillation of kerosene and naphtha       The refining of crude petroleum owes its origin to the successful drilling of the first oil well in Titusville, Pa., in 1859. Prior to… …

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