Crude oil:
Occurring naturally from the remains of plants and animals that died millions of years ago, crude oil is found in the pores of the rocks and earth's surface. Crude oil is in the form of raw material, which is unprocessed. Hence it needs to be extracted, processed and separated from its impurities. It is refined in a refinery and converted into useful petroleum products such as kerosene, diesel fuel, and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), gasoline and asphalt base. With the distillation method, the hydrocarbons can be separated at various boiling points in the oil refinery. Crude oil
What is OIL EXPLORATION?:
Hydrocarbon exploration (or oil and gas exploration) is the search by petroleum geologists and geophysicists for hydrocarbon deposits beneath the Earth's surface, such as oil and natural gas. Oil and gas exploration are grouped under the science of petroleum geology. What is OIL EXPLORATION?
Extraction of oil:
Gravimeters and magnetometers are the instruments used for searching petroleum. The extraction of crude oil involves digging holes into the earth with an oilrig to form oil wells. To ensure structural uprightness of the drilled oil bore, a casing or a steel pipe is inserted into the hole of it. Valves are finally fitted on top to control the flow of the oils. E xtraction of oil
Refining of Crude Oil:
Refining of Crude Oil means separating the various compounds from the crude oil by heating them at different temperatures and is called fractional distillation. The crude oil breaks up into various fractions or components in hot furnaces. On vigorous heating, some of the fractions change into gaseous state and it passes through a distillation tower. The compound, which is in its gaseous state, cools down and condenses into liquid state as the height increases in the distillation tower. Refining of Crude Oil
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