petroleum
Underground hydrocarbon liquid
Petroleum is crude oil—a dark, thick liquid found underground, formed from ancient organic matter over millions of years.
It's refined into fuels like gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel, as well as plastics, lubricants, and countless other products.
The region's economy depends on petroleum exports.
Petroleum jelly is a byproduct used as a skin protectant.
Compression-ignition fuel
- keroseneFlammable petroleum distillate
- octanePetroleum hydrocarbon measure
- unleadedFuel minus heavy metal
- premiumAdded cost for better
ethanol · biodiesel · pump · station · combustion · ignition · emissions · carburetor
Underground hydrocarbon reserve area
- drillingHole-making by rotation
- derrickMovable boom apparatus
- reservoirLarge water storage basin
- extractionAct of removing
bitumen · upstream · exploration · offshore · onshore · wildcatting · prospecting · trap
Purification via vaporization
- refineryIndustrial purification facility
- crackingBreaking without separating completely
- fractionalDescribing incomplete portions
- catalyticPromoting change unchanged
reforming · downstream · processing · fractionation · coking · desulfurization · naphtha · residuum
All-carbon-and-hydrogen compound
- alkaneSaturated hydrocarbon series
- alkeneDoubly-bonded carbon compound
- benzeneAromatic hydrocarbon solvent
- methaneSimplest alkane fuel
ethane · propane · butane · paraffin · toluene · xylene · olefin · aromatic
Long-distance fluid transport tube
- rigEquipment arrangement or vehicle
- platformRaised flat structure
- offshoreAway from land
- midstreamCenter of flowing water
downstream · upstream · OPEC · Exxon · BP · Chevron · concession · lease
Energy from decomposed organisms
- nonrenewableCannot be replaced naturally
- carbonSixth element, atomic symbol C
- reservesResources held back
- depletionReduction of supply
peak oil · transition · alternative · dependence · consumption · demand · supply · crisis
Moldable petroleum-based materials
- lubricantsFriction-reducing substances
- asphaltPetroleum-based paving material
- syntheticsChemically manufactured substances
- polyethyleneThermoplastic from ethylene gas
polypropylene · nylon · fertilizer · pesticide · detergent · solvent · wax · tar
Formed from deposited material
- formationCreation or arrangement
- reservoirLarge water storage basin
- seismologyStudy of ground tremors
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
basin · shale · sandstone · limestone · permeable · porous · source rock · migration
diesel
Compression-ignition fuel
- keroseneFlammable petroleum distillate
- octanePetroleum hydrocarbon measure
- unleadedFuel minus heavy metal
premium · ethanol · biodiesel · pump · station · combustion · ignition · emissions · carburetor · injector
oilfield
Underground hydrocarbon reserve area
extraction · bitumen · upstream · exploration · offshore · onshore · wildcatting · prospecting · trap · anticline
distillation
Purification via vaporization
- refineryIndustrial purification facility
- crackingBreaking without separating completely
- fractionalDescribing incomplete portions
catalytic · reforming · downstream · processing · fractionation · coking · desulfurization · naphtha · residuum · feedstock
hydrocarbon
All-carbon-and-hydrogen compound
- alkaneSaturated hydrocarbon series
- alkeneDoubly-bonded carbon compound
- benzeneAromatic hydrocarbon solvent
methane · ethane · propane · butane · paraffin · toluene · xylene · olefin · aromatic · saturated
pipeline
Long-distance fluid transport tube
midstream · downstream · upstream · OPEC · Exxon · BP · Chevron · concession · lease · royalty
fossil fuel
Energy from decomposed organisms
- nonrenewableCannot be replaced naturally
- carbonSixth element, atomic symbol C
- reservesResources held back
depletion · peak oil · transition · alternative · dependence · consumption · demand · supply · crisis · shortage
plastics
Moldable petroleum-based materials
- lubricantsFriction-reducing substances
- asphaltPetroleum-based paving material
- syntheticsChemically manufactured substances
polyethylene · polypropylene · nylon · fertilizer · pesticide · detergent · solvent · wax · tar · grease
sedimentary
Formed from deposited material
- formationCreation or arrangement
- reservoirLarge water storage basin
- seismologyStudy of ground tremors
stratigraphy · basin · shale · sandstone · limestone · permeable · porous · source rock · migration · accumulation
- Energy Industryelectric company, power company, gas company, oil company, utility company
- fossil fuelscrude oil, natural gas, coal, anthracite, lignite
- petroleumcrude oil, crude, oil wells, oil fields, oilfields
- fuelsdiesel, coal, gas, kerosene, propane
- gas stationsgas pump, fuel pumps, fuel pump, diesel pump, pump
- ocean resourcesfish stocks, seafood, fisheries, shellfish, kelp
petroleumrenewable energy
Self-replenishing natural power
wind power · solar power · hydroelectric power · nuclear energy · geothermal energy
petroleumclean energy
Power from sustainable sources
green energy · sustainable energy · renewable resources · clean power · sustainable fuel
- petroleum jellySemi-solid hydrocarbon moisturizer
- petroleum productsSubstances from crude refining
- petroleum based
- petroleum etherVolatile hydrocarbon solvent mixture
- petroleum industryCrude extraction and refining businesses
- petroleum tankerShip for crude transport