1) Benzin 2) Black gold 3) Naphtha 4) Oil 5) Resid
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1) Chemical mixture 2) Coal 3) Crude 4) Crude oil 5) Energy 6) Firewood 7) Fossil fuel 8) Fossil oil 9) Fuel 10) Hydrocarbon fuel 11) Major Wyoming resource 12) Mineral oil 13) Rock oil
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• (n.) 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 earth, from whence it is pumped, or forced by pressure of the gas attending it. It consists of a complex mixture of various hydrocarbons, largely of the methane series, but may vary much in appe...
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complex mixture of hydrocarbons that occur in the Earth in liquid, gaseous, or solid forms. The term is often restricted to the liquid form, commonly ... [277 related articles]
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Generic name for hydrocarbons, including crude oil, NGLs, natural gas and their products.
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A naturally-occurring mixture of hydrocarbons, usually liquid 'crude oil,' but sometimes taken to include natural gas. Petroleum is believed to be formed from organic debris, chiefly of plankton and simple plants, which has been rapidly buried under marine conditions unfavorable to oxidation. After ...
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A sticky, oily, flammable liquid that is a complex mixture of organic compounds (mostly hydrocarbons) and other may vary in colour from nearly colourless to black. Basically, it is another word for crude oil. 'Petr' means something like 'rock' and 'oleum' means something like 'oil'.
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(pә-tro´le-әm) a thick natural oil obtained from beneath the earth. It consists of a mixture of various hydrocarbons of the paraffin and olefin series.
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Any of a group of naturally occurring substances made up of hydrocarbons. These substances may be gaseous, liquid, or semi-solid.
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A group of liquid hydrocarbons that includes
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A generic term applied to oil and oil products in all forms, such as crude oil, lease condensate, unfinished oils, petroleum products, natural gas plant liquids, and non-hydrocarbon compounds blended into finished petroleum products. See crude oil.
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Crude oil or any fraction thereof that is liquid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure. The term includes petroleum-based substances comprising a complex blend of hydrocarbons derived from crude oil through the process of separation, conversion, upgrading, and finishing, such as motor fuel, jet oil, lubricants, petroleum solvents, and used oil....
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Means ‘Stone oil` from the Latin petra oleum, an inflammable liquid varying in color (yellow-black), consisting mainly of hydrocarbons. Petroleum is found in sedimentary strata of the Earth`s crust.
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a generic name for hydrocarbons, including crude oil, natural gas liquids, natural gas and their products;
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a substance occurring naturally in the earth and composed mainly of mixtures of chemical compounds of carbon and hydrogen, with or without other nonmetallic elements such as sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. The compounds that compose it may be in the gaseous, liquid, or solid state, depending on their nature and on the existent conditions of temperature and pressure. ...
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Pe·tro'le·um noun [ New Latin , from Latin
petra a rock +
oleum oil: confer French
pétrole . Confer
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 ...
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A generic name for hydrocarbons, including crude oil, natural gas liquids, natural gas and their products.
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Crude oil or any fraction thereof that is liquid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure. The term includes petroleum-based substances comprising a complex blend of hydrocarbons derived from crude oil through the process of separation, conversion, upgrading, and finishing, such as motor fuel, jet oil, lubricants, petroleum solvents, and...
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An oily, thick, flammable, usually dark coloured liquid that is a form of bitumen or a mixture of various hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in various parts of the world and often separated by distillation into petrol, naphtha, benzene, kerosene and paraffin.
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crude oil noun a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
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Click images to enlargeNatural mineral oil, a thick greenish-brown flammable liquid found underground in permeable rocks. Petroleum consists of hydrocarbons mixed with oxygen, sulphur, nitrogen, and other elements in varying proportions. It is thought to be derived from ancient organic material that has been converted...
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A general term including both oil and natural gas.
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A thick, flammable, yellow-to-black mixture of gaseous, liquid, and solid hydrocarbons that occurs naturally beneath the earths surface, can be separated into fractions including natural gas, gasoline, fuel, lubricating oils and asphalt and is used as raw material for a wide variety of derivative products
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A broad category term that includes both crude oil and petroleum products, and is sometimes used interchangeably with the term oil.
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crude oil (along with petroleum gas) occupying pore spaces in some sedimentary rocks. A valuable `fossil fuel”.
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