crudes
Raw oil varieties
Crudes is the plural of crude, most often referring to crude oils—unrefined petroleum from different sources or with different characteristics: Brent and West Texas Intermediate are the most commonly traded crudes.
The term appears primarily in energy markets and commodity trading, where various crudes are distinguished by density, sulfur content, and origin.
Slippery viscous fluid
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
- pipelineLong-distance fluid transport tube
- refineryIndustrial purification facility
- drillingHole-making by rotation
extraction · reserves · tanker · wellhead · benchmark · bitumen · offshore · OPEC
In original state
- unprocessedNot yet treated
- naturalNot artificially produced
- coarseRough in texture
- grittyCoarse or courageous
rough · primitive · unpolished · untreated · virgin · rough-hewn · unworked · unmilled
Offensively ill-mannered
- obsceneGrossly offensive to decency
- offensiveCausing displeasure or attack-oriented
- boorishCrudely ill-mannered
- uncouthLacking good manners
coarse · lewd · indecent · tasteless · indelicate · crass · gross · profane
Free of complexity
- basicFundamental in nature
- primitiveIn earliest form
- roughUneven in surface
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
unsophisticated · elementary · sketchy · unpolished · approximate · imprecise · rough-hewn · simplistic
oil
Slippery viscous fluid
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
- pipelineLong-distance fluid transport tube
- refineryIndustrial purification facility
drilling · extraction · reserves · tanker · wellhead · benchmark · bitumen · offshore · OPEC · futures
raw
In original state
- unprocessedNot yet treated
- naturalNot artificially produced
- coarseRough in texture
gritty · rough · primitive · unpolished · untreated · virgin · rough-hewn · unworked · unmilled · unshaped
rude
Offensively ill-mannered
- obsceneGrossly offensive to decency
- offensiveCausing displeasure or attack-oriented
- boorishCrudely ill-mannered
uncouth · coarse · lewd · indecent · tasteless · indelicate · crass · gross · profane · ribald
simple
Free of complexity
makeshift · unsophisticated · elementary · sketchy · unpolished · approximate · imprecise · rough-hewn · simplistic · homemade
crudesfinished products
Manufactured items ready for use
gasoline · diesel · kerosene · jet fuel · petrochemicals
crudesrefined
Purified or cultured
polished · sophisticated · finished · processed · cultivated
- crude oilUnrefined fossil fuel
- crude language
- crude jokesHumor emphasizing the indelicate
- crude gesturesOffensive physical expressions
- barrel of crude
- crude drugsUnprocessed natural medicinal materials
crude, crudely, crudeness, crudity, cruder, crudest, crude oil, crudités