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The gasoline that fills your car up has gone through an incredible journey to make it to the pump. Here's how crude oil gets turned into fuel.
Russian mid-sized oil producer Tatneft launched a new hydrocracking unit at its TANECO refinery, the company reported on ...
Diesel and gasoline are alike due to giving vehicles fuel to run. However, the similarities stop there. Here is a guide to better understand their differences.
Currently the typical way that crude oil is processed involves a fractional distillation column, in which heated crude oil is separated into the various hydrocarbon compounds using distinct boiling… ...
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What Is Ethanol Gas? Ethanol is also known as ethyl alcohol, the one that’s used to manufacture regular alcohol. Ethanol is a renewable fuel from the starch of corn grain, sugar cane, or cellulosic ...
ExxonMobil (XOM) tames the fire at the Port Jerome-Gravenchon refinery in northern France. All delivery contracts have been met seamlessly from the existing stock, ensuring operational resilience.
Curious new uses for familiar vibrations : > Sound waves from an ordinary auto horn can be used to increase the rate of gasoline distillation by agitating the air in which the condensing molecules ...
GCSE OCR 21st Century Crude oil Fractional distillation of crude oil Crude oil is a finite resource. It can be separated into its useful fractions by fractional distillation. Some fractions ...