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Science at Work: Fuels from Crude Oil
Crude oil is used to make petrol, diesel, and other products. This short booklet provides a basic description of crude oil and the processes used to transform it into fuel and other petroleum products. Sections include:
What is crude oil?
What is a fuel?
Fractional Distillation and Products
Matching Supply and Demand
Fuels and the Environment
The booklet is aimed at secondary school-level students aged 14-16.
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Fuels from Crude Oil
Subjects: Chemical Engineering, Energy engineering, Gas separation plants, Gas works (and other conversion to gases), Gas to liquid plants, Petrochemical plants, Gasoil, Kerosene-type jet fuel, Liquefied natural gas, Liquefied petroleum gas, Oil, Petroleum products, Primary energy production, Oil production, Oil supply, Asphalt, Chemical feedstocks, Diesel, Ethanol, Gas, Jet fuel - military, Petrochemicals, Jet A- 1, Gas condensate, Petroleum engineering, Distillation, Carbon emissions
