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  • 1Petroleum product — Petroleum products are useful materials derived from crude oil (petroleum) as it is processed in oil refineries. According to crude oil composition and demand, refineries can produce different shares of petroleum products. Largest share of oil… …

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  • 2Petroleum jelly — Petroleum jelly, petrolatum or soft paraffin [http://www.tiscali.co.uk/lifestyle/healthfitness/health advice/netdoctor/archive/100004783.html] is a semi solid mixture of hydrocarbons (with carbon numbers mainly higher than 25), [http://www.inchem …

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  • 3petroleum 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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  • 4Petroleum in Nigeria — The extraction and drilling of petroleum in Nigeria is the largest industry and main generator of GDP in the West African nation which is also the continent s most populous. Since the British discovered oil in the Niger Delta in the late 1950s,… …

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  • 5Petroleum — For other uses, see Petroleum (disambiguation). Proven world oil reserves, 2009 …

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  • 6petroleum production — Introduction       recovery of crude oil and, often, associated natural gas from the Earth.        petroleum is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon material that is believed to have formed in deep sedimentary (sedimentary rock) beds from animal and …

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  • 7Petroleum industry in Azerbaijan — Onshore oil fields in Azerbaijan. Offshore oil fields in Azerbaijan …

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  • 8acid–base catalysis — ▪ chemistry       acceleration of a chemical reaction by the addition of an acid or a base, the acid or base itself not being consumed in the reaction. The catalytic reaction may be acid specific (acid catalysis), as in the case of decomposition… …

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  • 9petroleum sulfonate — noun : any of various sulfonic acid derivatives of petroleum (as mahogany acids or green acids) …

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  • 10acid treating — Process in which unfinished petroleum products, such as gasoline, naphthas, kerosine, diesel fuel, and lubricating oil stocks, are contacted with sulfuric acid to improced their color, odor, and other properties …

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