crude petroleum

crude petroleum
See crude oil.

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  • crude petroleum — See: crude oil …   Petroleum refining glossary

  • crude petroleum — noun see crude oil …   Useful english dictionary

  • crude petroleum — /kru:d pə trəυliəm/ noun raw petroleum which has not been processed …   Dictionary of banking and finance

  • crude oil — petroleum as it comes from the ground, before refining. Also called crude, crude petroleum. [1860 65] * * * ▪ petroleum product       mixture of comparatively volatile liquid hydrocarbons (compounds composed mainly of hydrogen and carbon with… …   Universalium

  • crude — [kro͞od] adj. cruder, crudest [ME < L crudus, bleeding, raw, rough < IE base * kreu , congealed (blood) > RAW, Gr kryos, frost & kreas, flesh, L crusta, cruor, MIr cru, blood] 1. in a raw or natural condition, before being prepared for… …   English World dictionary

  • Petroleum — Pe*tro le*um, n. [NL., fr. L. petra a rock + oleum oil: cf. F. p[ e]trole. Cf. {Petrify}, and {Oil}.] Rock oil, mineral oil, or natural oil, a dark brown or greenish inflammable liquid, which, at certain points, exists in the upper strata of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Petroleum spirit — Petroleum Pe*tro le*um, n. [NL., fr. L. petra a rock + oleum oil: cf. F. p[ e]trole. Cf. {Petrify}, and {Oil}.] Rock oil, mineral oil, or natural oil, a dark brown or greenish inflammable liquid, which, at certain points, exists in the upper… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • petroleum 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… …   Universalium

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