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Dec 2, 2006

The Petroleum

The chemical structure of petroleum is composed of hydrocarbon chains of different lengths. Because of this, petroleum may be taken to oil refineries and the hydrocarbon chemicals separated by distillation, to be used for a variety of purposes:

Diesel fuel
Fuel oils
Gasoline
Kerosene
Liquid petroleum gas (LPG)
Lubricating oils
Paraffin wax
Tar

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