Petroleum Industry and Petroleum Geology

Oil Refining

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Petroleum refining processes are the chemical engineering processes and other facilities used in petroleum refineries  to convert crude oil into useful products such as liquefied petroleum gas(LPG), gasoline or petrol,kerosene, diesel oil, jet fuel and fuel oils. Petroleum refineries are very large industrial complexes which involves many different processing units and auxiliary facilities like processing units and storage tanks. Each refinery has its own unique combination and arrangement of refining processes largely determined by the refinery location, economic considerations and desired products. An petroleum refinery is a plant industrial process where raw crude oil is processed and refined to produce more useful products such as gasoline (petrol), petroleum naphtha, asphalt base, heating oil, kerosene , diesel fuel,  and liquefied petroleum gas.