• What are petroleum refining processes?
  • Petroleum refining processes are the chemical engineering processes and other facilities used in petroleum refineries (also referred to as oil refineries) to transform crude oil into useful products such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), gasoline or petrol, kerosene, jet fuel, diesel oil and fuel oils.
  • What is a petroleum refinery?
  • A petroleum refinery is a set of installations intended to transform crude oil, generally unusable as such, into petroleum products: motor gasoline, jet fuel, diesel fuel, fuel oil, lubricants, liquefied petroleum gases, naphtha, and so on. The products consumed in largest volumes are motor gasoline, motor diesel, and heavy fuel oil.
  • What is crude oil refining?
  • Petroleum refineries convert (refine) crude oil into petroleum products for use as fuels for transportation, heating, paving roads, and generating electricity and as feedstocks for making chemicals. Refining breaks crude oil down into its various components, which are then selectively reconfigured into new products.
  • What products are produced in oil refinery?
  • Carbon, in the form of petroleum coke, and hydrogen may also be produced as petroleum products. The hydrogen produced is often used as an intermediate product for other oil refinery processes such as hydrocracking and hydrodesulfurization.
  • What is a refinery & how does it work?
  • Refining breaks crude oil down into its various components, which are then selectively reconfigured into new products. Petroleum refineries are complex and expensive industrial facilities.
  • How much oil does Aruba refinery produce?
  • Aruba Refinery (Valero) 275,000?bbl/d (43,700?m 3 /d) – closed in 2012; to be converted to terminal. Bought by Citgo and reopened. [ 73 ] As of 2018, Canadian refineries process 1,600,000?bbl/d (250,000?m 3 /d) of crude oil, and produce 1,900,000?bbl/d (300,000?m 3 /d) of petroleum products. [ 86 ][ 87 ]